pays

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See also: Pays and paÿs

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /peɪz/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪz

Verb[edit]

pays

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pay

Noun[edit]

pays

  1. plural of pay

Anagrams[edit]


French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (inhabitant of a district), derived from Latin pāgus (countryside; district), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. See related terms. Cognates include Italian paese. Borrowed into Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish as país.

See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman payis, Gallo peïs, Picard poaiyis, Bourguignon paiyis, Franco-Provençal payis, Occitan país, Corsican paese.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pays m (plural pays)

  1. land, country, region, nation
  2. (politics, geography) country

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Portuguese: país

Further reading[edit]


Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French païs.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

pays m (plural pays)

  1. land; country; region

Descendants[edit]


Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (inhabitant of a district), derived from Latin pāgus (countryside; district).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

pays m (plural pays)

  1. (Jersey) country

Derived terms[edit]


Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

pays m (plural payses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of país

Noun[edit]

pays m

  1. Obsolete spelling of pais

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpais/, [ˈpai̯s]

Noun[edit]

pays m pl

  1. plural of pay