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Definition of Old french
1. Noun. The earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century.
Generic synonyms: French
Definition of Old french
1. Proper noun. The French language as spoken or written from the 9th to the early 14th century. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old French
Literary usage of Old french
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1899)
"I wanted to begin with the interesting old French settlements of St. Genevieve and
Kaskaskia, sixty miles below St. Louis. ..."
2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1879)
"Character of the old French. It« later corruption». The French riming chroniclers.
to see that the popular speech had really become, for practical purposes, ..."
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