country

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Alternative forms

contree, countrey (archaic)
contrey, countre, countrie (obsolete)
counthry (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English contre, contree, contreie, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin (terra) contrāta (“(land) lying opposite; (land) spread before”), derived from Latin contra (“against, opposite”). Cognate with Scots kintra.

Pronunciation

enPR: kŭn'tri
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Rhymes: -ʌntɹi
Audio (UK): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: coun‧try

Noun

country (plural countries)

(chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region. [from 13th c.]
- 2010, David Vann, The Observer, 7 Mar 2010:
  We walk along flat, open country, red dirt and spinifex grass, a few short trees […].
A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, speakers of the same language etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc. [from 13th c.]
- 2007, Chris Moss, The Guardian, 17 Feb 2007:
  This is condor country – the only region this far east where you can see the magnificent vulture – and a small national park straddling the passes, El Condorito, is a good stopover for walkers and birders.
The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area; a sovereign state. [from 14th c.]
- 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
  By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, page 3:
  It is a beautiful country of rolling hills, fertile valleys, and a thousand rivers and streams which keep the landscape green even in winter.
- 2010, The Economist, 3 Feb 2011:
  These days corporate Germany looks rather different. Volkswagen, the country’s leading carmaker, wants to be the world’s biggest by 2018.
- 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
  The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.
(uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside. [from 16th c.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
  I was borne and brought up in the Countrie, and amidst husbandry […].
- 2000, Alexander Chancellor, The Guardian, 4 Mar.:
  I have always thought that one of the main reasons for the popularity of blood sports in the country is the pointlessness of going outdoors with no purpose or destination in mind.
Ellipsis of country music. [from 20th c.]
a country song

a country singer

a country festival
(mining) The rock through which a vein runs.

Usage notes

The geographical sense of "country" usually refers to a sovereign state, that is, a nation with no administrative dependence on another one, which is the definition adopted in most world maps. In a broader sense, however, "country" may also refer to nations with some degree of autonomy and cultural identity but still under the sovereignty of another state. Examples of the latter include Scotland, Tibet, Abkhazia, and Greenland.

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of country (noun)

Derived terms

Terms derived from country (noun)

Descendants

Nigerian Pidgin: kontri
Sranan Tongo: kondre
Tok Pisin: kantri
⇒ Chinese: 港腳／港脚 (gǎngjiǎo)
→ Finnish: country, kantri
→ French: country
→ Italian: country
→ Japanese: カントリー (kantorī)
→ Polish: country
→ Portuguese: country
→ Romanian: country
→ Russian: ка́нтри (kántri)
→ Spanish: country
→ Swedish: country

Translations

region of land

Afrikaans: land (af)
Albanian: vend (sq) m, krahinë (sq) f
Amharic: አገር (ʾägär), ሀገር (hägär)
Arabic: بَلَد (ar) f (balad), أَرْض (ar) f (ʔarḍ)
Egyptian Arabic: منطقة f (manṭeʾa)
Armenian: երկիր (hy) (erkir), պետություն (hy) (petutʻyun)
Aromanian: duvleti f, stat n, vãsilii f, amirãrilji f, crat n
Assamese: দেশ (dex)
Asturian: país (ast) m
Azerbaijani: ölkə (az), el (az)
Bashkir: төбәк (töbək), өлкә (ölkə)
Belarusian: краі́на (be) f (kraína), зямля́ f (zjamljá), край m (kraj)
Bengali: দেশ (bn) (deś)
Berber:
Tashelhit: tamazirt f
Breton: glad
Bulgarian: страна́ (bg) f (straná), земя́ (bg) f (zemjá)
Burmese: ပြည်နိုင်ငံ (pranynuingngam), ပြည် (my) (prany), နိုင်ငံ (my) (nuingngam)
Catalan: país (ca) m
Chechen: мохк (moxk)
Chichewa: dziko
Chinese:
Cantonese: 國家／国家 (gwok³ gaa¹), 国家 (gwok³ gaa¹)

Dungan: гуйтў (guytw), гуйҗя (guyži͡a)

Mandarin: 國家／国家 (zh) (guójiā), 国家 (zh) (guójiā)

Min Nan: 國家／国家 (zh-min-nan), 国家 (zh-min-nan) (kok-ka)
Coptic: ⲭⲱⲣⲁ f (khōra)
Corsican: paesu m, paese
Czech: země (cs) f
Danish: land (da) n
Dolgan: дойду
Dutch: land (nl) n
Esperanto: lando (eo)
Estonian: maa (et)
Evenki: дуннэ (dunnə)
Farefare: tẽŋa, tɩŋa
Faroese: land
Finnish: maa (fi)
French: pays (fr) m, contrée (fr) f
Friulian: paîs
Galician: país (gl) m
Ge'ez: ሀገር (hägär)
Georgian: ქვეყანა (kveq̇ana)
German: Land (de) n
Greek: χώρα (el) f (chóra)
Ancient: χώρα f (khṓra)

Mycenaean: 𐀀𐀒𐀫 (a-ko-ro)
Guaraní: tetâ
Gujarati: દેશ (gu) m (deś)
Hebrew: אֶרֶץ (he) f (érets)
Hindi: देश (hi) m (deś), मुल्क (hi) m (mulk)
Hungarian: ország (hu)
Icelandic: land (is)
Indonesian: bangsa (id)
Ingush: мохк (moxk)
Interlingua: pais
Irish: ceantar m, dúiche f
Istriot: pais
Italian: paese (it) m, landa (it) f
Japanese: 国 (ja) (くに, kuni), 国家 (ja) (こっか, kokka)
Kabyle: tamurt f
Kannada: ದೇಶದ (dēśada)
Kazakh: ел (el)
Khmer: ប្រទេស (km) (prɑteih), ស្រុក (km) (srok)
Korean: 나라 (ko) (nara), 국가(國家) (ko) (gukga)
Kumyk: якъ (yaq), ян (yan), ер (yer), уьлке (ülke), эл (el)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: وِڵات (ckb) (willat)

Northern Kurdish: welat (ku)
Kyrgyz: өлкө (ky) (ölkö)
Lao: ປະເທດ (pa thēt), ເມືອງ (lo) (mư̄ang)
Latgalian: zeme
Latin: terra (la) f
Latvian: zeme (lv) f
Lithuanian: šalis (lt) f
Low German: land n
Lutshootseed: swatixʷtəd
Luxembourgish: Land (lb) n
Lü: ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), ᨾᩮᩥ᩠ᨦ
Macedonian: земја f (zemja)
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Malay: bangsa
Malayalam: നാട് (ml) (nāṭŭ)
Maltese: pajjiż m
Manchu: ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (gurun)
Maore Comorian: tsi class 9/10
Marathi: देश (mr) m (deś)
Mingrelian: ქიანა (kiana), ქიჸანა (kiʾana)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: орон (mn) (oron), улс (mn) (uls)
Moore: tẽnga
Nepali: देश (ne) (deś)
Norman: pays m
Northern Thai: ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: land (no) n

Nynorsk: land n
Ojibwe: aki, akiin pl
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: землꙗ f (zemlja), страна f (strana)

Glagolitic: ⰸⰵⰿⰾⱑ f (zemlě)
Old East Slavic: землꙗ f (zemlja), краина f (kraina)
Old English: land (ang) n
Oriya: ଦେଶ (or) (deśa)
Oromo: biyya
Pashto: هېواد (ps) m (hewãd)
Persian: کشور (fa) (kešvar)
Picard: poéyi
Plautdietsch: Launt (nds) n
Polish: kraj (pl) m inan, ziemia (pl) f
Portuguese: país (pt) m, nação (pt) f
Punjabi: ਦੇਸ਼ m (deś)
Romani: them m
Romanian: țară (ro) f, pământ (ro)
Romansch: pajais m
Russian: страна́ (ru) f (straná), край (ru) m (kraj), земля́ (ru) f (zemljá)
Rusyn: краї́на f (krajína)
Sanskrit: देश (sa) m (deśa), जनपद (sa) m (janapada), प्रदेश (sa) m (pradeśa)
Scots: kintra
Scottish Gaelic: dùthaich f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зѐмља f, кра̏јина f

Roman: zèmlja (sh) f, кра̏јина f
Shan: မိူင်း (shn) (móeng)
Sicilian: paisi (scn)
Sinhalese: රට (si) (raṭa)
Slovak: krajina (sk) f, zem (sk) f
Slovene: dežela (sl) f, zemlja (sl) f
Somali: waddan
Spanish: país (es) m
Swahili: U- class 11/14, nchi (sw)
Swedish: land (sv)
Tabasaran: уьлке (u̱lke)
Tachawit: tamurt (shy)
Tagalog: bansa (tl)
Tajik: кишвар (tg) (kišvar)
Tamil: நாடு (ta) (nāṭu)
Tatar: ил (tt) (il)
Telugu: దేశం (dēśaṁ)
Tetum: rain
Thai: ประเทศ (th) (bprà-têet), เมือง (th) (mʉʉang)
Tibetan: རྒྱལ་ཁབ (rgyal khab)
Tigrinya: ሃገር (ti) (hagär)
Tok Pisin: kantri (tpi)
Turkish: eyalet (tr), ülke (tr)
Turkmen: döwlet, watan, ülke (tk), ýurt
Udmurt: шаер (šajer)
Ukrainian: краї́на (uk) f (krajína), земля́ (uk) f (zemljá), край (uk) m (kraj)
Urdu: ملک m (mulk), دیش m (deś)
Uyghur: ئەل (el)
Uzbek: mamlakat (uz), oʻlka (uz)
Venetian: pajès, pagès
Vietnamese: đất nước (vi)
Walloon: payis (wa) m
Welsh: gwlad (cy)
West Frisian: lân (fy) n
Wolof: réew (wo)
Yakut: дойду (doydu)
Yiddish: לאַנד n (land)
Zazaki: ware (diq) m, eyalet c, ware (diq) c
Zhuang: guek, guekgya

nation state

Abkhaz: аҳәынҭқарра (aḥʷəntkarra)
Afrikaans: land (af)
Ainu: モシㇼ (mosir)
Albanian: atdhe (sq), shtet (sq) m
Antillean Creole: péyi
Arabic: بَلَد (ar) f (balad), وَطَن (ar) m (waṭan)
Egyptian Arabic: بلد f (balad), وطن m (waṭan)
Armenian: երկիր (hy) (erkir), պետություն (hy) (petutʻyun)
Asturian: país (ast) m
Avar: улка (ulka)
Azerbaijani: ölkə (az), dövlət (az), məmləkət (az)
Bashkir: ил (il), дәүләт (dəwlət)
Basque: herrialde
Belarusian: краі́на (be) f (kraína), дзяржа́ва (be) f (dzjaržáva)
Bengali: দেশ (bn) (deś), রাষ্ট্র (bn) (raśṭro)
Berber:
Tashelhit: tamazirt f
Breton: bro (br) f
Bulgarian: страна́ (bg) f (straná), роди́на (bg) f (rodína), държа́ва (bg) f (dǎržáva)
Burmese: နိုင်ငံ (my) (nuingngam)
Catalan: país (ca) m
Chechen: мохк (moxk), махкалла (maxkalla)
Cherokee: ᎠᏰᏟᎤᏙᏢᏒ (ayetliudotlvsv)
Chichewa: Template:t-simple
Chinese:
Cantonese: 國家／国家 (gwok³ gaa¹), 国家 (gwok³ gaa¹)

Dungan: гоцзя (goczi͡a)

Mandarin: 國家／国家 (zh) (guójiā), 国家 (zh) (guójiā)

Min Nan: 國家／国家 (zh-min-nan), 国家 (zh-min-nan) (kok-ka)
Chukchi: нутэнут (nutėnut), государство (gosudarstvo)
Coptic: ⲭⲱⲣⲁ f (khōra), ⲕⲁϩⲓ m (kahi)
Crimean Tatar: memleket
Czech: země (cs) f, stát (cs) m
Danish: land (da) n
Dutch: land (nl) n
Esperanto: lando (eo)
Estonian: maa (et), riik (et)
Faroese: land
Finnish: maa (fi), valtio (fi)
French: pays (fr) m, contrée (fr) f
Galician: país (gl) m
Georgian: ქვეყანა (kveq̇ana)
German: Land (de) n; Staat (de) m; Vaterland (de) n
Greek: χώρα (el) f (chóra)
Ancient: χώρα f (khṓra)
Greenlandic: nunaat
Gujarati: દેશ (gu) (deś)
Haitian Creole: peyi
Hawaiian: kaumokuʻāina
Hebrew: אֶרֶץ (he) f (érets), מְדִינָה (he) f (m'diná)
Hindi: देश (hi) m (deś), राष्ट्र (hi) m (rāṣṭra)
Hungarian: ország (hu)
Icelandic: land (is) n, ríki (is) n
Ido: lando (io)
Indonesian: negara (id), bangsa (id)
Interlingua: pais
Irish: tír f
Italian: paese (it) m, nazione (it) f, patria (it) f, stato (it) m
Japanese: 国 (ja) (くに, kuni), 国家 (ja) (こっか, kokka)
Jarai: čar
Javanese: negara (jv)
Kannada: ದೇಶ (kn) (dēśa), ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ (kn) (rāṣṭra)
Kashmiri: مُلک (mulk)
Kashubian: państwò n
Kazakh: ел (el), мемлекет (kk) (memleket)
Khmer: ស្រុក (km) (srok), ប្រទេស (km) (prɑteih)
Korean: 나라 (ko) (nara), 국가(國家) (ko) (gukga)
Kumyk: пачалыкъ (paçalıq), уьлке (ülke)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: وِڵات (ckb) (willat)

Laki: ڤِڵات (villat)

Northern Kurdish: welat (ku)

Southern Kurdish: وِڵات (ku) (willat)
Kyrgyz: өлкө (ky) (ölkö), мамлекет (ky) (mamleket)
Ladin: paeje
Lao: ປະເທດ (pa thēt), ເມືອງ (lo) (mư̄ang), ຊາດ (lo) (sāt)
Latin: terra (la) f, natio (la) f, patria (la) f
Latvian: valsts m, zeme (lv) f
Lezgi: уьлкве (ülk°e)
Lithuanian: valstybė (lt) f, šalis (lt) f, kraštas (lt) m
Low German: land n
Luri:
Northern Luri: ولات (wlạt)
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Lutshootseed: swatixʷtəd
Luxembourgish: Land (lb) n, Staat (lb) m
Lü: ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), ᨾᩮᩥ᩠ᨦ
Macedonian: држава f (država), земја f (zemja), нација f (nacija)
Malagasy: tany (mg)
Malay: negara (ms), nasional (ms)
Malayalam: രാജ്യം (ml) (rājyaṁ)
Maltese: pajjiż m
Manchu: ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (gurun)
Marathi: देश (mr) m (deś)
Mingrelian: ქიანა (kiana), ქიჸანა (kiʾana)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: улс (mn) (uls), гүрэн (mn) (güren), орон (mn) (oron)
Navajo: kéyah
Nepali: देश (ne) (deś)
Norman: pays m
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: land (no) n

Nynorsk: land n
Occitan: país (oc) m
Ojibwe: aki, akiin pl
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: землꙗ f (zemlja), страна f (strana)
Old East Slavic: землꙗ f (zemlja), краина f (kraina)
Old English: land (ang) n
Pashto: مملکت m (mamlakát)
Pela: mau³¹, maŋ³¹, maŋ³¹ tɛ̃⁵⁵, kɔ³¹kja⁵⁵
Persian: کشور (fa) (kešvar), میهن (fa) (mihan), سرزمین (fa) (sarzamin)
Plautdietsch: Launt (nds) n
Polish: kraj (pl) m inan, państwo (pl) n
Portuguese: país (pt) m, nação (pt) f, países (pt) pl
Punjabi: ਦੇਸ਼ (deś), ਮੂਲਕ (mūlak), ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ (rāśṭar)
Quechua: suyu (qu)
Romani: them m
Romanian: țară (ro) f, națiune (ro), stat (ro) n, patrie (ro) f
Romansch: pajais m
Russian: страна́ (ru) f (straná), госуда́рство (ru) n (gosudárstvo), держа́ва (ru) f (deržáva), (poetic, ironic) край (ru) m (kraj)
Rusyn: краї́на f (krajína)
Sahaptin: tiichám
Sanskrit: देश (sa) m (deśa), राष्ट्र (sa) m (rāṣṭra)
Saterland Frisian: Lound
Scots: kintra
Scottish Gaelic: dùthaich f, talamh m or f, tìr f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зѐмља f, др̀жава f, кра̏јина f, на̑ција f, ^{(please verify)} отачбина f

Roman: zèmlja (sh) f, dr̀žava (sh) f, krȁjina (sh) f, nȃcija (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} otačbina f
Sindhi: ملڪ
Sinhalese: රට (si) (raṭa)
Slovak: krajina (sk) f, štát (sk) m
Slovene: država (sl) f
Spanish: país (es) m
Swahili: U- class 11/14, dola (sw) class 9/10, inchi (sw) class 9/10
Swedish: land (sv) n
Tagalog: bansa (tl)
Tajik: давлат (tg) (davlat), мамлакат (mamlakat), кишвар (tg) (kišvar)
Tamil: தேசம் (ta) (tēcam)
Taos: pǫ̏’óna
Tatar: ил (tt) (il), дәүләт (tt) (däwlät)
Telugu: దేశము (te) (dēśamu)
Thai: ประเทศ (th) (bprà-têet), เมือง (th) (mʉʉang), ชาติ (th) (châat)
Tok Pisin: kantri (tpi)
Turkish: ülke (tr), memleket (tr), il (tr), el (tr), devlet (tr)
Turkmen: ülke (tk), döwlet, watan
Uab Meto: pah
Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎆𐎚 (ḥwt)
Ukrainian: краї́на (uk) f (krajína), держа́ва (uk) f (deržáva)
Urdu: ملک m (mulk), دیش m (deś), راشٹر m (rāṣṭra)
Uyghur: دۆلەت (dölet), مەملىكەت (memliket)
Uzbek: mamlakat (uz)
Vietnamese: quốc gia (vi) (國家 (vi)), đất nước (vi)
Volapük: län (vo)
Walloon: payis (wa) m
Welsh: gwladwriaeth (cy)
West Frisian: lân (fy) n
Wolof: réew (wo)
Yiddish: מדינה f (medine)
Zazaki: ware (diq) m, memleket m, cayer m
Zhuang: guekgya

the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city

Albanian: fshat (sq)
Amharic: ገጠር (gäṭär)
Arabic: رِيف m (rīf)
Egyptian Arabic: ريف m (rīf)
Armenian: գյուղ (hy) (gyuġ), շեն (hy) (šen)
Azerbaijani: kənd (az)
Bashkir: ауыл (awıl)
Belarusian: вёска (be) f (vjóska), праві́нцыя f (pravíncyja), сяло́ n (sjaló)
Breton: maez (br) m
Bulgarian: село́ (bg) n (seló), прови́нция f (províncija)
Catalan: camp (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鄉下／乡下 (zh), 乡下 (zh) (xiāngxià), 農村／农村 (zh) (nóngcūn), 农村 (zh) (nóngcūn)
Czech: venkov (cs) m
Dutch: platteland (nl), open veld
Esperanto: kamparo
Estonian: maa (et)
Finnish: maaseutu (fi)
French: campagne (fr) f
Georgian: სოფელი (sopeli)
German: Land (de) n; Landschaft (de) f; Region (de) f
Greek: επαρχία (el) f (eparchía)
Ancient: ἀγροί m pl (agroí)
Hebrew: כְּפָר (he) m (kfar)
Hindi: देहात (hi) m (dehāt)
Hungarian: vidék (hu)
Ido: ruro (io)
Italian: campo (it) f, campagna (it) f
Japanese: 田舎 (ja) (いなか, inaka)
Korean: 시골 (ko) (sigol)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لادێ (ckb) (ladê)

Northern Kurdish: gundewar (ku)
Latgalian: sola, solys pl
Latin: rūs (la) n, pāgus (la) m
Latvian: lauki pl
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Lithuanian: kaimas (lt) m
Macedonian: село n (selo)
Malay: pedalaman (ms), desa (ms)
Malayalam: നാട്ടുമ്പുറം (ml) (nāṭṭumpuṟaṁ), ഗ്രാമം (ml) (grāmaṁ)
Mongolian: хөдөө (mn) (xödöö)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: land (no) n, landsbygd m or f

Nynorsk: land n, landsbygd f
Old English: land (ang) n
Persian: روستا (fa) (rustâ), حومه شهر
Polish: wieś (pl) f, prowincja (pl) f
Portuguese: campo (pt) m
Romanian: țară (ro), sat (ro) n
Romansch: cuntrada f
Russian: дере́вня (ru) f (derévnja), село́ (ru) n (seló), прови́нция (ru) f (províncija)
Sardinian: sartu m
Scottish Gaelic: dùthaich f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сѐло n, сѐло n

Roman: sèlo (sh) n, dedinje n
Sidamo: gobba
Silesian: wjeś f
Slovak: dedina (sk) f, vidiek m
Slovene: podeželje n, dežela (sl) f
Spanish: campo (es) m, campaña (es) f, campiña (es) f, provincia (es) f
Swahili: shamba (sw) class 5/6
Swedish: landsbygd (sv), landet (sv) (colloquial), landsort (sv)
Thai: ชนบท (th) (chohn bòht)
Turkish: taşra (tr), kırsal (tr)
Ukrainian: село́ (uk) n (seló), прові́нція f (províncija)
Urdu: دیہات m (dehāt)
Uzbek: qishloq (uz)
Vietnamese: miền quê, nông thôn (vi)
Walloon: campagne (wa) f
Welsh: cefn gwlad (cy)
West Frisian: boerelân n
Yakut: тыа (tıa), тыа сирэ (tıa sire)
Zazaki: rıstan c

country music

Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: كونتري m (kawntri), كنتري m (kantri)
Armenian: քանթրի (kʻantʻri)
Bulgarian: къ́нтри n (kǎ́ntri)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鄉村音樂／乡村音乐 (xiāngcūn yīnyuè), 乡村音乐 (xiāngcūn yīnyuè)
Dutch: country (nl)
Estonian: kantri
Finnish: kantri (fi)
French: country (fr) m
Georgian: ქანთრი (kantri)
German: Country (de)
Irish: ceol tuaithe m
Japanese: カントリー (kantorī)
Korean: 컨트리 (keonteuri)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Latvian: kantrī m
Lithuanian: kantri
Macedonian: ка́нтри (kántri)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: country

Nynorsk: country
Polish: country (pl) n
Portuguese: country (pt) m
Russian: ка́нтри (ru) f or n (kántri)
Spanish: ranchera f
Swedish: country (sv) c
Walloon: countri m
Zazaki: kontri

Adjective

country (not comparable)

From or in the countryside or connected with it.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
Of or connected to country music.

Translations

of, from or pertaining to the countryside (adjective)

Arabic: رِيفِيّ (rīfiyy), نِسْبَة إِلَى الرِّيف (nisba ʾilā r-rīf)
Armenian: գյուղական (hy) (gyuġakan), շինական (hy) (šinakan)
Breton: diwar ar maez
Bulgarian: провинциален (bg) (provincialen)
Catalan: campestre (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鄉下的／乡下的 (zh), 乡下的 (zh) (xiāngxià de), 鄉村的／乡村的 (zh), 乡村的 (zh) (xiāngcūn de)
Dutch: plattelands, boeren-, land-
Finnish: maalainen (fi), maalais-, maaseutu (fi)
French: de la campagne, de province, de la contrée, campagnard (fr)
German: ländlich (de), Land-
Greek: αγροτικός (el) (agrotikós), εξοχικός (el) (exochikós), επαρχιώτικος (el) (eparchiótikos)
Hebrew: כפרי m (kafry), כפרית f (kafryt)
Hungarian: vidéki (hu)
Indonesian: desa (id)
Interlingua: rural, campestre
Italian: di campagna, rurale (it)
Japanese: 田舎 (ja) (いなか, inaka), 田舎の (ja) (いなかの, inaka no), 田園 (ja) (でんえん, den'en), 地方の (ja) (ちほうの, chihō no)
Korean: 시골 (ko) (sigol), 시골의 (sigor-ui)
Latin: rūsticus (la), rūrālis, agrestis (la)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Latvian: lauku, lauku-
Lithuanian: kaimo, kaimiškas
Macedonian: се́лски m (sélski)
Mongolian: хөдөөний (xödöönii)
Norwegian: landsens
Persian: روستایی (fa) (rustâyi), حاشیه نشین (fa)
Polish: wiejski (pl)
Portuguese: rural (pt), campestre (pt), do campo, grosseiro (pt)
Romanian: rural (ro), țara (ro)
Russian: дереве́нский (ru) (derevénskij), се́льский (ru) (sélʹskij)
Scottish Gaelic: dùthchail, tìreil
Slovak: dedinský, vidiecky
Slovene: podeželski, vaški (sl)
Spanish: de campo (es), campesino (es), campestre (es), de provincia (es), provinciano (es)
Swahili: -a kimashamba
Swedish: land-, lands-
Thai: ทางชนบท (thaang chohn bòht)
Turkish: kırsal (tr)
Yiddish: דאָרפֿיש (dorfish)
Zazaki: rıstan c

References

“country”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
country in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
"country" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 81.
“country”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Finnish

Alternative forms

kantri

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English country.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntri/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ri]

Noun

country

country music

Declension

Inflection of country (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		country	—
genitive		countryn	—
partitive		countrya	—
illative		countryyn	—
		singular	plural
nominative		country	—
accusative	nom.	country	—
accusative	gen.	countryn	—
genitive		countryn	—
partitive		countrya	—
inessive		countryssa	—
elative		countrysta	—
illative		countryyn	—
adessive		countrylla	—
ablative		countrylta	—
allative		countrylle	—
essive		countryna	—
translative		countryksi	—
abessive		countrytta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of country (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		countryni	—
accusative	nom.	countryni	—
accusative	gen.	countryni	—
genitive		countryni	—
partitive		countryani	—
inessive		countryssani	—
elative		countrystani	—
illative		countryyni	—
adessive		countryllani	—
ablative		countryltani	—
allative		countrylleni	—
essive		countrynani	—
translative		countrykseni	—
abessive		countryttani	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		countrysi	—
accusative	nom.	countrysi	—
accusative	gen.	countrysi	—
genitive		countrysi	—
partitive		countryasi	—
inessive		countryssasi	—
elative		countrystasi	—
illative		countryysi	—
adessive		countryllasi	—
ablative		countryltasi	—
allative		countryllesi	—
essive		countrynasi	—
translative		countryksesi	—
abessive		countryttasi	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		countrymme	—
accusative	nom.	countrymme	—
accusative	gen.	countrymme	—
genitive		countrymme	—
partitive		countryamme	—
inessive		countryssamme	—
elative		countrystamme	—
illative		countryymme	—
adessive		countryllamme	—
ablative		countryltamme	—
allative		countryllemme	—
essive		countrynamme	—
translative		countryksemme	—
abessive		countryttamme	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		countrynne	—
accusative	nom.	countrynne	—
accusative	gen.	countrynne	—
genitive		countrynne	—
partitive		countryanne	—
inessive		countryssanne	—
elative		countrystanne	—
illative		countryynne	—
adessive		countryllanne	—
ablative		countryltanne	—
allative		countryllenne	—
essive		countrynanne	—
translative		countryksenne	—
abessive		countryttanne	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		countrynsa	—
accusative	nom.	countrynsa	—
accusative	gen.	countrynsa	—
genitive		countrynsa	—
partitive		countryaan countryansa	—
inessive		countryssaan countryssansa	—
elative		countrystaan countrystansa	—
illative		countryynsa	—
adessive		countryllaan countryllansa	—
ablative		countryltaan countryltansa	—
allative		countrylleen countryllensa	—
essive		countrynaan countrynansa	—
translative		countrykseen countryksensa	—
abessive		countryttaan countryttansa	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

Synonyms

French

Etymology

From English. Doublet of contrée.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kœ̃.tʁi/

Noun

country m (uncountable)

country music

Italian

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkawn.tri/, (careful style) /ˈkan.tri/^[1]
Rhymes: -awntri, (careful style) -antri

Noun

country m (invariable)

(music) country music

References

^ country in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

muzyka country

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English country music.

Pronunciation

Template:pl-p

Noun

country n (indeclinable)

country, country music

Derived terms

adjectives

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English country.

The pronunciation reflects the incorrect belief that the <oun> represents /aʊn/ in the English etymon.

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ˈkaw̃.tɾi/

Noun

country m (uncountable)

country music

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English country.

Adjective

country m or n (feminine singular countryă, masculine plural countryi, feminine and neuter plural countrye)

country (music)

Declension

Declension of country

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	country		countryă	countryi	countrye
nominative/ accusative	definite	countryul		countrya	countryii	countryele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	country		countrye	countryi	countrye
genitive/ dative	definite	countryului		countryei	countryilor	countryelor

Spanish

Etymology

English. Doublet of contrada.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkantɾi/ [ˈkãn̪.t̪ɾi]

Noun

country m (uncountable)

country music

Swedish

Etymology

From English.

Noun

country c (uncountable)

country music

Declension

Declension of country

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	country	countrys
singular	definite	countryn	countryns
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

[1] untry in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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country

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