paysan
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French païsan. By surface analysis, pays + -an. Related to païen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]paysan m (plural paysans, feminine paysanne)
- a peasant
- someone who lives in the country; ruralite
- Coordinate term: citadin
- (derogatory) a country bumpkin
- Synonym: péquenaud
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “paysan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.