Provence

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Provence

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from French Provence.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈvɒns/, /pɹəˈvɒ̃s/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒns

Proper noun

Provence

2. A maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Derived terms

• Provence rose

Related terms

• Aix-en-Provence
• herbes de Provence
• Provençal

Translations

region in France

Arabic: بْروفَانْس f (brōvāns), بَروفنسة f (barūfnsa) Aragonese: Provenza f Armenian: Պրովանս (Provans) Asturian: Provenza (ast) f Azerbaijani: Provans Basque: Proventza Belarusian: Праванс m (Pravans) Breton: Provañs (br) Bulgarian: Прованс m (Provans) Catalan: Provença f Chinese: Mandarin: 普羅旺斯 / 普罗旺斯 (zh) (Pǔluōwàngsī) Corsican: Pruvenza f Czech: Provence (cs) f, Provensálsko n Danish: Provence n Dutch: Provence f Esperanto: Provenco Finnish: Provence Franco-Provençal: Provence French: Provence (fr) f Galician: Provenza (gl) f Georgian: პროვანსი (ṗrovansi) German: Provence (de) f Greek: Προβηγκία f (Provigkía) Hebrew: פרובאנס (provans) Hungarian: Provence (hu) Indonesian: Provence Irish: Provence Italian: Provenza f Japanese: プロヴァンス (Purovansu), プロバンス (Purobansu) Kashubian: Prowansjô Korean: 프로방스 (Peurobangseu) Latin: Provincia (la) f Latvian: Provansa f Lithuanian: Provansas m Lombard: Pruvenza f Macedonian: Прованса f (Provansa) Malay: Provence Norwegian: Bokmål: Provence n Nynorsk: Provence n Occitan: Provença (oc) f Mistralian: Prouvènço f Old Norse: Próvenzfylki n Old Occitan: Proensa f Old Portuguese: Proença Persian: پروانس (provâns) Polish: Prowansja (pl) f Portuguese: Provença f Romanian: Provența f Russian: Прова́нс m (Prováns) Sardinian: Proventza f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Прованса f Roman: Provansa (sh) f Sicilian: Pruvenza f Slovak: Provensalsko n Slovene: Provansa f Spanish: Provenza (es) f Swedish: Provence (sv) n Thai: พรอว็องส์ (prɔɔ-wɔng-sɔɔ) Turkish: Provence (tr) Ukrainian: Прова́нс m (Prováns) Vietnamese: Provence Welsh: Profens f West Frisian: Provâns n Yiddish: פּראָוואַנץ f (provants)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprovaːns]

Proper noun

Provence f (relational adjective provensálský, demonym Provensálec)

1. Provence (a maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Declension

Declension of Provence (sg-only soft feminine)

	singular
nominative	Provence
genitive	Provence
dative	Provenci
accusative	Provenci
vocative	Provence
locative	Provenci
instrumental	Provencí

Derived terms

• provensálština

Further reading

• “Provence”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Provence”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Provence

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan Provença, from Latin prōvincia. Doublet of province.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.vɑ̃s/
• (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) IPA^(key): /pʁoˈvãⁿsə/, /pχoˈvã(n)sə/

• Audio (Central France):

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• Audio (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Proper noun

Provence f

1. Provence (a maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

   Hypernym: Occitanie

Derived terms

• géant de Provence
• herbes de Provence
• micocoulier de Provence
• Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Related terms

• Provençal
• provençal

Descendants

• → English: Provence
• → German: Provence
• → Russian: Прованс (Provans)

Friulian

Proper noun

Provence f

1. Provence (a maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Related terms

• provençâl

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French Provence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔˈvɑ̃ːs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Provence f (proper noun, genitive Provence)

1. Provence (a maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Declension

Declension of Provence [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Provence
genitive	einer	der	Provence
dative	einer	der	Provence
accusative	eine	die	Provence

Related terms

• Provenzale
• provenzalisch
  • Provenzalisch

Further reading

• “Provence” in Duden online

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Provence

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

Borrowed from French Provence, from Occitan Provença, from Latin prōvincia.

Proper noun

Provence c (genitive Provences)

1. Provence (a maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Derived terms

• provensalsk