bel

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bel m (feminine singular bela, masculine plural bels, feminine plural belas)

bela (feminine singular)
bels (masculine plural)
belas (feminine plural)


ben

Occitan: ben


mal

Occitan: mal

From Latin malus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French mal.


celestial

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis.


bon

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonas)

bona (feminine singular)
bons (masculine plural)
bonas (feminine plural)

Occitan: bon


mos

Que mos chantars no·m val gaire / Ni mas voutas ni mei so [...].

For my song little avails me, nor my verses, nor my airs.
(please add an English translation of this quotation)


antic

Occitan: antic

12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Lancan folhon bosc e jarric
Anc no vitz ome tan antic


novel

novel m (feminine singular novela, masculine plural novels, feminine plural novelas)

novela (feminine singular)
novels (masculine plural)
novelas (feminine plural)

Occitan: novèu, navèth, novèl

From Latin novellus. Compare Old French novel.


gai

Occitan: gai

desctree

→ Old French: gai
Middle French: gay
French: gai
→ Middle English: gay
English: gay
Yola: gaaye, gaay, gay, gai
→ Middle Dutch: gay
Dutch: gei, gaai

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: gai
Galician: gaio
Portuguese: gaio

Perhaps of Germanic origin and from Frankish *gahi, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“quick, lively, fast”).

der

Per que tuih amador
Son gai e chantador

c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Lo gens tems de pascor:

For all the lovers
are joyous and full of song


blanc

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blanc m (feminine singular blancha, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanchas)

blancha (feminine singular)
blancs (masculine plural)
blanchas (feminine plural)

Occitan: blanc

From Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).


tot

Occitan: tot


autre

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autre m (feminine singular autra, masculine plural autres, feminine plural autras)

autra (feminine singular)
autres (masculine plural)
autras (feminine plural)

Occitan: autre


fol

Occitan: hòu, fòl, fòu

Inherited from Latin follis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French fol.


mon

Occitan: mon

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum, nominative neuter singular of meus.


gran

Occitan: gran


norman

norman m (feminine singular normanda, masculine plural normans, feminine plural normandas)

normanda (feminine singular)
normans (masculine plural)
normandas (feminine plural)

Norman (relating to Normandy or its inhabitants)


gen

gen m (feminine singular genta, masculine plural gens, feminine plural gentas)

genta (feminine singular)
gens (masculine plural)
gentas (feminine plural)

12th century, Bernard de Ventadour⁽ᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ⁾
Lo gens tems de pascor

attractive; pleasing; nice; fair; pleasant


ivre

E no m’en tengatz per yvre / S’ieu ma bona dompna am [...].

And she doesn't take me for drunk if I love my good lady.


breu

Occitan: brèu

From Latin brevem, accusative singular of brevis.


ple

Occitan: plen (from a variant form)


sant

sant m (feminine singular santa, masculine plural sants, feminine plural santas)

santa (feminine singular)
sants (masculine plural)
santas (feminine plural)

Catalan: sant


dolen

From Latin dolēns. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French dolent.


pros

d'una pros dona valen

13ᵗʰ Century, Guillem Ramon de Gironella, Partiment:


savi

savi m (feminine singular savia, masculine plural savis, feminine plural savias)

savia (feminine singular)
savis (masculine plural)
savias (feminine plural)

Occitan: savi

→ Italian: savio

→ Sicilian: saviu

From Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), from Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”).


egal

Occitan: egal

From Latin aequālis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French egal.


valen

Occitan: valent

d'una pros dona valen


babau

Occitan: babau


dous

dous m (feminine singular dousa, masculine plural dous, feminine plural dousas)

dousa (feminine singular)
dous (masculine plural)
dousas (feminine plural)

Occitan: doç


ric

ric m (feminine singular rica, masculine plural rics, feminine plural ricas)

rica (feminine singular)
rics (masculine plural)
ricas (feminine plural)

Catalan: ric

Occitan: ric

From Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”).


negre

Occitan: negre

From Latin niger. Cf. Old French noir, neir.


ancian

Occitan: ancian

From Vulgar Latin *anteānus. Attested in Borneil.

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chascun

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chascun m (feminine singular chascuna, masculine plural chascuns, feminine plural chascunas)

chascuna (feminine singular)
chascuns (masculine plural)
chascunas (feminine plural)

Occitan: chascun

From Vulgar Latin *cascunum, *casquunum, from a crossing of quisque unum with *catunum < cata unum. Latin cata derives from Ancient Greek κατά (katá). Compare Old French chascun; compare also Old Catalan quiscun, modern Catalan cadascun.


certan

certan m (feminine singular certana, masculine plural certans, feminine plural certanas)

certana (feminine singular)
certans (masculine plural)
certanas (feminine plural)

From Vulgar Latin *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”).


dreit

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dreit m (feminine singular dreita, masculine plural dreiz, feminine plural dreitas)

dreita (feminine singular)
dreiz (masculine plural)
dreitas (feminine plural)

Occitan: dreit, drech

From Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrectus.


corant

Present participle of core (“to run”). Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French corant.


lonc

lonc m (feminine singular lonja, masculine plural loncs, feminine plural lonjas)

lonja (feminine singular)
loncs (masculine plural)
lonjas (feminine plural)

Occitan: long

From Latin longus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French lonc.


amoros

Occitan: amorós

From amor or from Vulgar Latin *amorōsus, from Latin amor.


gelos

Occitan: gelós

From Late Latin zelōsus, from zelus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”).


caut

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caut m (feminine singular cauta, masculine plural cauts, feminine plural cautas)

cauta (feminine singular)
cauts (masculine plural)
cautas (feminine plural)


nesci

nesci m (feminine singular nescia, masculine plural nescis, feminine plural nescias)

nescia (feminine singular)
nescis (masculine plural)
nescias (feminine plural)

From Latin nescius. Cognate with French nice.


joios

Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French joieus


paubre

From Latin pauper. Compare Old French povre.


menut

Occitan: menut

From Latin minūtus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French menu.


glorios

Occitan: gloriós


prumier

prumier m (feminine singular prumiera, masculine plural prumiers, feminine plural prumieras)

prumiera (feminine singular)
prumiers (masculine plural)
prumieras (feminine plural)

Occitan: prumier

From Latin primarius. Compare Old French and Anglo-Norman premier.


crestian

crestian m (feminine singular crestiana, masculine plural crestians, feminine plural crestianas)

crestiana (feminine singular)
crestians (masculine plural)
crestianas (feminine plural)

Occitan: crestian

From Latin Christiānus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós).

La Nobla Leyçon, line 352

Christian (adhering to or relating to Christianity)


fresc

Occitan: fresc

12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Tant ai mo cor ple de joya
Gens cors ab frescha color


espaignol

From a Vulgar Latin *Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispānus, from Hispania. Compare Catalan espanyol.


larc

Occitan: larg

wide (when used to differentiate between height, width and length)


cominal

Occitan: coumunal (Mistralian)

From Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin communis.

common; public (belonging to all/to the public)


pejor

Latin pejor, variant spelling of peior. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French peior and pire.


felo

From Medieval Latin fellō. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French felon.


tezic

tezic m (feminine singular tezica, masculine plural tezics, feminine plural tezicas)

tezica (feminine singular)
tezics (masculine plural)
tezicas (feminine plural)


tesic

tesic m (feminine singular tesica, masculine plural tesics, feminine plural tesicas)

tesica (feminine singular)
tesics (masculine plural)
tesicas (feminine plural)


negun

From Latin nec ūnus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French negun.

circa 1210, William of Tudela, Chanson de la croisade contre les Albigeois, line 8164

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

E negun genh que fassan de re no temeretz


vielh

vielh m (feminine singular vielha, masculine plural vielhs, feminine plural vielhas)

vielha (feminine singular)
vielhs (masculine plural)
vielhas (feminine plural)

Occitan: vièlh

→ Italian: veglio

Inherited from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.

Ben me val mort, mais enquer m’es plus grieu, ¶ qu’en breu serem ja vielh et ilh et ieu

12ᵗʰ c., Peire Vidal, Anc no mori per amor ni per al

I am as good as dead, but what is even worse is that shortly we shall be old, both she and I


belazor

comparative degree of bel; more beautiful


orgoillos

orgoil + -os. Compare Old French orgoillus.


mant

Proto-Germanic *managiþō. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French maint.


sauvatge

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: salvage

→ Sicilian: sarbaggiu

From Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French salvage, sauvage. Compare Catalan salvatge.

12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Can vei la flor, l’erba vert e la folha
Ja no m’aya cor felo ni sauvatge,


vermelh

Occitan: vermelh

From Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, from Latin vermiculus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French vermeil.


angoissos

Latin angustiōsus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French angoissus.


santime

Latin sanctissimus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French saintisme.

Aicest santimes hom

1208-19, Guillaume de Tudèle (second author anonymous), La cansó de la crozada ("The Song of the Crusade"), page 4 of Paul Meyer's 1875 facsimile, line 66:


omnipotant

Learned borrowing from Latin omnipotēns. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French omnipotent.


malvatz

→ Catalan: malvat

→ Italian: malvagio

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: malvaz

→ Old Spanish: malvazo, malvado

Spanish: malvado

→ Portuguese: malvado

→ Piedmontese: malvas (medieval)

From Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”). Compare Old French malvais.

malvat

analogical oblique, with subtraction of /s/


avol

avol m (feminine singular avola, masculine plural avols, feminine plural avolas)

avola (feminine singular)
avols (masculine plural)
avolas (feminine plural)

→ Basque: ahul (“weak”)

Occitan: àvol

From Ancient Greek ἄβουλος (áboulos, “ill-advised”), derived from βουλή (boulḗ, “will; intention; advice”).

bor

Per las autras e per la pro comtessa ¶ de·l Carret, vuelh que sia senhoressa ¶ de N'Albertet una velha sotzmessa ¶ d’avol home

13ᵗʰ c., Aimeric de Belenoi, Tant es d'Amor honratz sos senhoratges,

For others, and for the proud Countess of Carret, I wish the mistress of Albertet be an old lady, servant of a bad man


juzan

Inherited from Late Latin iūsānus. Synchronically jus (“down”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix).


estrang

Alternative form of estranh (“strange, unfamiliar”)