poitevin-saintongeaiscommon nounSyllable Decompositionpoitevin-saintongeaisEtymologyexpandfrom poitevin and saintongeais.Definition1. Language or dialect of the langue d'oïl spoken in Poitou, Saintonge, Aunis, in the west of Angoumois (i.e., in the Poitou-Charentes region and the Vendée department), and in some small neighboring areas (south of Loire-Atlantique: Pays de Retz, North Gironde: Pays Gabay or Gabaye and the Gavache or Gabache enclave of Montségur in Gironde extending into Lot-et-Garonne, a small western portion of Dordogne towards La Roche-Chalais, the extreme southwest of Indre towards Le Blanc, Bélâbre, Argenton-sur-Creuse).expandTranslations