How do you say “dark” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say cro, escur, founsa, morne, moure, souloumbrous. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | cro, escur, founsa, morne, moure, souloumbrous, soumbren, sourne, sourneirous |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
cro
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | hook, tusk; dark |
escur
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | darkness, dark; obscure |
| Feminine | escuro |
| Variants | escuro |
founsa
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | to charge (at); to charge; dark; to melt |
| Feminine | founsado |
| Variants | founsado |
morne
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | dark; gloomy; dreary |
| Feminine | morno |
| Variants | morno |
moure
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | dark; black; to move; to stir; moor; negro |
| Feminine | mouro |
| Variants | mòure, môure, mouro |
souloumbrous
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | obscure, dark, murky; nebulous |
soumbren
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | dark |
sourne
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | dark, darkness; obscure |
| Feminine | sourno |
| Variants | sourno |
sourneirous
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | dark; opaque |
| Feminine | sourneirouso |
| Variants | sourneirouso |