pays
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pays
- 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)
