pays

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pays

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

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From Old French païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (inhabitant of a district), derived from Latin pāgus (countryside; district). Cognates include Italian paese. Borrowed into Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish as país.

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pays m. (plural pays)

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

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