Word Meaning: Help! What Does "Lou" Mean?

[Dave Hatfield]

I cannot find the meaning in French of the word "lou". I'm trying to find it in the context of a discussion going on over in the cheese forum.

They're looking for a cheese called 'Lou paralou' which I can't find anywhere although I can find several cheeses the are 'Lou ..... something or other'

I've tried new & old French, Occitan & Basque dictionaries with no luck.

Does anybody know what this word means?

[Felice]

I cannot find the meaning in French of the word "lou". I'm trying to find it in the context of a discussion going on over in the cheese forum.

They're looking for a cheese called 'Lou paralou' which I can't find anywhere although I can find several cheeses the are 'Lou  ..... something or other'

I've tried new & old French, Occitan & Basque dictionaries with no luck.

Does anybody know what this word means?

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My French boyfriend tells me it means "Le" in southern patois.

[Ptipois]

Confirmed. "Lou" is the masculine singular definite article in the Occitan language.

(Dave I have serious doubts about your Occitan dictionary...)

Edited February 24, 2008 by Ptipois (log)

[Dave Hatfield]

I cannot find the meaning in French of the word "lou". I'm trying to find it in the context of a discussion going on over in the cheese forum.

They're looking for a cheese called 'Lou paralou' which I can't find anywhere although I can find several cheeses the are 'Lou  ..... something or other'

I've tried new & old French, Occitan & Basque dictionaries with no luck.

Does anybody know what this word means?

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My French boyfriend tells me it means "Le" in southern patois.

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Thanks. Makes sense.

Don't know why it didn't turn up in the dictionary. I'll have to try some others.

Edited February 25, 2008 by Dave Hatfield (log)

[insomniac]

I cannot find the meaning in French of the word "lou". I'm trying to find it in the context of a discussion going on over in the cheese forum.

They're looking for a cheese called 'Lou paralou' which I can't find anywhere although I can find several cheeses the are 'Lou  ..... something or other'

I've tried new & old French, Occitan & Basque dictionaries with no luck.

Does anybody know what this word means?

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My French boyfriend tells me it means "Le" in southern patois.

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Thanks. Makes sense.

Don't know why it didn't turn up in the dictionary. I'll have to try some others.

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I struck it in Provence...think it is Occitan, quite like Catalan....at the time I wondered if my brain was fried as I suddenly couldn't understand what the people around me were saying