langue d'oil Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun medieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern France
    Langue d'oil French.

WordNet

Langue` d'oïl" (Also<
  • Langue d'oil
  • Langue d'oïl
)
Etymology
F., language of oïl yes.
Definitions
  1. The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oïl, F. oui).

Webster 1913