Paris

See also: paris, parís, Páris, París, Parìs, pāris, and päris

Translingual

Paris quadrifolia

Etymology

From Latin herba Paris (Herba Paris), Paris herba, from Latin herba and Latin par (“equal”), in reference to the regularity of its leaves, petals, etc. See image.

Proper noun

Paris f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – herb Paris and its relatives, native to Asia and Europe.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Liliales - order; Melanthiaceae - family; Parideae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Paris quadrifolia - type species; for other species see Paris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Paris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Paris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Paris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Paris at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Paris at Encyclopedia of Life
• Paris at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Paris at Tropicos

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹ.ɪs/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ɪs/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: Perris (in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe.

Proper noun

Paris

2. The capital and largest city of France.
3. A department of Île-de-France, France.
4. (figuratively) The government of France.
5. A locale named after the French city.
   1. A hamlet in Jutland, Denmark.
   2. A former settlement in Yukon, Canada.
   3. A former settlement in Kiritimati, Kiribati.
   4. A locale in the United States.
      2. A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Texas.
      4. A city, the county seat of Henry County, Tennessee.
      5. A city, the county seat of Edgar County, Illinois.
      6. A city, the county seat of Bourbon County, Kentucky.
      7. A town, the county seat of Oxford County, Maine.
      8. A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Logan County.
      9. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
      11. A city, the county seat of Bear Lake County, Idaho.
      12. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
      13. An unincorporated community in Iowa.
      14. An unincorporated community in New Hampshire.
      15. An unincorporated community in Ohio.
      16. An unincorporated community in Virginia.
6. A community in Ontario; named for nearby gypsum deposits, used to make plaster of Paris (itself named for the city).
7. A English habitational surname, from Old French for someone from Paris.
8. A male given name transferred from the surname.
9. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, usually from the French city.
10. A town in New York; named for early benefactor Col. Isaac Paris.
11. A town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin; named for the town in New York.
13. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Missouri; named for the city in Kentucky.
14. An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for postmaster G. E. Parris.

Alternative forms

• (capital city of France): Paree (humorous, deliberate misspelling)
• (English habitational surname): Parish, Parris, Parrish, Pares

Derived terms

• Paris green
• Parisian
• Parisianism
• Paris of the East
• Paris syndrome
• Paris white
• plaster of Paris

 

Translations

capital of France

• Afrikaans: Parys (af)
• Albanian: Paris m
• Amharic: ፓሪስ (paris), ፓሪ (pari)
• Antillean Creole: Pari
• Arabic: بَارِيس‎ f (bārīs), (archaic) بَارِيز‎ f (bārīz)

  Gulf Arabic: باريس‎ f (bārīs), پاريس‎ f (pārīs)

  Hijazi Arabic: باريس‎ f (bārīs), پاريس‎ f (pārīs)

• Aragonese: París m
• Armenian: Փարիզ (Pʿariz)
• Asturian: París
• Azerbaijani: Paris (az)
• Bashkir: Париж (Pariž)
• Basque: Paris (eu)
• Belarusian: Пары́ж m (Parýž)
• Bengali: প্যারিস (bn) (pjariś)
• Breton: Pariz (br)
• Bulgarian: Пари́ж (bg) m (Paríž)
• Burmese: ပါရီ (pari)
• Catalan: París (ca) m
• Chechen: Париж (Pariž)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 巴黎 (baa¹ lai⁴)

  Hakka: 巴黎 (Pâ-lì)

  Mandarin: 巴黎 (zh) (Bālí)

  Min Dong: 巴黎 (Bă-là̤)

  Min Nan: 巴黎 (zh-min-nan) (Pa-lê)

  Wu: 巴黎 (pa li)

• Chuvash: Парис (Paris)
• Cornish: Paris
• Corsican: Parighji f, Parigi f, Pariggi f
• Crimean Tatar: Paris
• Czech: Paříž (cs) f
• Danish: Paris (da) n
• Dutch: Parijs (nl) n
• Esperanto: Parizo (eo)
• Estonian: Pariis (et)
• Faroese: París m
• Finnish: Pariisi (fi)
• French: Paris (fr) m
• Galician: París (gl) m
• Georgian: პარიზი (ka) (ṗarizi)
• German: Paris (de) n
• Greek: Παρίσι (el) n (Parísi)

  Ancient: Λευκετία f (Leuketía), Λουκοτοκία f (Loukotokía), Λουκετία (Louketía), Λευκοτοκία (Leukotokía)

• Gujarati: પૅરિસ (pɛris)
• Hausa: Paris f
• Hawaiian: Palika
• Hebrew: פָּרִיז‎ (pariz)
• Hindi: पेरिस (peris)
• Hungarian: Párizs (hu)
• Icelandic: París (is) f
• Irish: Páras m
• Italian: Parigi (it) f
• Japanese: パリ (ja) (Pari) (巴里 (ja) (Pari) dated)
• Kalmyk: Париж (Pariž)
• Kannada: ಪ್ಯಾರಿಸ್ (kn) (pyāris)
• Kashubian: Pariz
• Kazakh: Париж (Parïj)
• Khmer: ប៉ារីស (km) (paariih)
• Korean: 파리 (ko) (Pari), 빠리 (ko) (Ppari) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Parîs (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Париж (Parij)
• Lao: ປາລີ (pā lī)
• Latin: Lutetia Parisiorum f, Lutetia (la) f, Parīsiī (la), Parisius, Paris

• Latvian: Parīze f
• Lithuanian: Paryžius (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Paräis (lb)
• Macedonian: Париз (mk) m (Pariz)
• Malay: Paris
• Malayalam: പാരിസ് (pārisŭ)
• Maltese: Pariġi
• Manx: Paarys m
• Maori: Parī
• Marathi: पॅरिस (pĕris)
• Middle English: Parys
• Mongolian: Парис (Paris)
• Nepali: पेरिस (peris)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Paris (no)

  Nynorsk: Paris

• Occitan: París (oc)
• Old Church Slavonic: Парижь (Parižĭ)
• Ossetian: Париж (Pariž)
• Pashto: پاريس‎ (ps) m (рārís)
• Persian: پاریس‎ (fa) (pâris)
• Polish: Paryż (pl) m
• Portuguese: Paris (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਪੈਰਿਸ (pairis)
• Romani: o Parìzo m
• Romanian: Paris (ro)
• Russian: Пари́ж (ru) m (Paríž)
• Samoan: Paris
• Samogitian: Parīžios
• Scottish Gaelic: Paris
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Париз m

  Roman: Pariz (sh) m

• Sicilian: Parisi f
• Sinhalese: පැරිස් (pæris), පැරිසිය (pærisiya)
• Slovak: Paríž (sk) m
• Slovene: Paríz (sl) m
• Somali: Baariis
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Paris

  Upper Sorbian: Paris

• Spanish: París (es) m
• Swahili: Paris
• Swedish: Paris (sv) n
• Tagalog: Paris
• Tajik: Париж (Pariž), Порис (Poris)
• Tamil: பாரிஸ் (ta) (pāris)
• Tatar: Париж (tt) (Parij)
• Telugu: పారిస్ (pāris)
• Thai: ปารีส (th) (bpaa-rîis)
• Tibetan: པ་ལི (pa li)
• Turkish: Paris (tr)
• Turkmen: Pariž
• Udmurt: Париж (Pariž)
• Ukrainian: Пари́ж m (Parýž)
• Urdu: پیرس‎ (peris)
• Uyghur: پارىژ‎ (parizh)
• Uzbek: Parij
• Vietnamese: Pa-ri, Ba Lê (vi) (dated), Pha Lí
• Welsh: Paris
• West Flemish: Parys n
• West Frisian: Parys
• Yakut: Париж (Parij)
• Yiddish: פּאַריז‎ n (pariz)
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Paris
• Zhuang: Bahliz

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• Arabic: بَارِيس‎ f (bārīs)
• French: Paris (fr) m
• German: Paris (de) n
• Hungarian: Paris (hu)

• Latin: Lutetia (la) f, Paris f
• Macedonian: Парис m (Paris)
• Russian: Па́рис (ru) m (Páris)
• Slovak: Paríž (sk) m

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Proper noun

Paris

1. (Greek mythology) A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero.

Translations

Trojan prince

• Albanian: Parisi (sq) m
• Arabic: بَارِيس‎ m (bārīs)
• Armenian: Պարիս (hy) (Paris)
• Azerbaijani: Paris (az)
• Basque: Paris (eu)
• Belarusian: Пары́с m (Parýs)
• Bulgarian: Па́рис m (Páris)
• Catalan: Paris (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帕里斯 (Pàlǐsī)

• Czech: Paris (cs) m
• Dutch: Parijs (nl)
• Finnish: Pariisi (fi)
• French: Paris (fr) m
• Galician: París (gl)
• Georgian: ფარისი (parisi)
• German: Paris (de) m
• Greek: Πάρις (el) m (Páris), Πάρης (el) m (Páris)

  Ancient: Πάρις m (Páris)

• Hebrew: פאריס‎ m (paris)
• Hungarian: Parisz
• Icelandic: París (is) m
• Indonesian: Paris

• Irish: Páras m
• Italian: Paride (it) m
• Japanese: パリス (Parisu)
• Korean: 파리스 (Pariseu)
• Latin: Paris m (-idis)
• Lithuanian: Paris (lt) m
• Macedonian: Париз (mk) m (Pariz)
• Maori: Pariha
• Occitan: Paris
• Persian: پاریس‎ (fa) (pâris)
• Polish: Parys (pl) m
• Portuguese: Páris m
• Romanian: Paris (ro) m
• Russian: Пари́с (ru) m (París)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Париз m

  Roman: Pariz (sh) m

• Slovene: Paríz (sl) m
• Spanish: Paris (es) m
• Swedish: Paris (sv)
• Tagalog: Páris
• Thai: ปารีส (th) (bpaa-rîis)
• Turkish: Paris (tr)
• Ukrainian: Парі́с m (París)

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Paris

1. A French patronymic surname, ultimately from Latin Patricius.

Alternative forms

• Parise, Pariset, Parez, Paresse, Parisot, Pariseau, Parizeau, Parris, de Paris, Parizot, Parizet

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Paris

1. An English surname of Celtic origin, a variant of Parris.

Etymology 5

Proper noun

Paris

1. A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.

Etymology 6

Proper noun

Paris

1. A Sicilian surname, a variant of Parigi.

Etymology 7

Proper noun

Paris

1. A Spanish surname, a variant of Aparicio.

Anagrams

• Pairs, Parsi, Ripas, pairs, raips

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Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Declension

Declension of Paris

	singular	plural
nominative	Paris	Parislər
definite accusative	Parisi	Parisləri
dative	Parisə	Parislərə
locative	Parisdə	Parislərdə
ablative	Parisdən	Parislərdən
definite genitive	Parisin	Parislərin

Possessive forms of Paris

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisim	Parislərim
sənin (“your”)	Parisin	Parislərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisi	Parisləri
bizim (“our”)	Parisimiz	Parislərimiz
sizin (“your”)	Parisiniz	Parisləriniz
onların (“their”)	Parisi or Parisləri	Parisləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisimi	Parislərimi
sənin (“your”)	Parisini	Parislərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisini	Parislərini
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizi	Parislərimizi
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizi	Parislərinizi
onların (“their”)	Parisini or Parislərini	Parislərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisimə	Parislərimə
sənin (“your”)	Parisinə	Parislərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisinə	Parislərinə
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizə	Parislərimizə
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizə	Parislərinizə
onların (“their”)	Parisinə or Parislərinə	Parislərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisimdə	Parislərimdə
sənin (“your”)	Parisində	Parislərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisində	Parislərində
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizdə	Parislərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizdə	Parislərinizdə
onların (“their”)	Parisində or Parislərində	Parislərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisimdən	Parislərimdən
sənin (“your”)	Parisindən	Parislərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisindən	Parislərindən
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizdən	Parislərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizdən	Parislərinizdən
onların (“their”)	Parisindən or Parislərindən	Parislərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisimin	Parislərimin
sənin (“your”)	Parisinin	Parislərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisinin	Parislərinin
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizin	Parislərimizin
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizin	Parislərinizin
onların (“their”)	Parisinin or Parislərinin	Parislərinin

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital city of France)

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old French Paris, from Latin Lutetia Parīsiōrum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰɑˈʁiˀs]

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰɑːis]

Proper noun

Paris

1. (mythology) Paris (prince of Troy, abductor of Helen)

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French

Etymology

From Old French Paris, from Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parīsiōrum "Lutetia of the Parisii", from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁi/

• audio

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: pari, parie

Proper noun

Paris m or f (mostly m)

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

   Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été

   Paris is much less noisy in summer

   Paris est vraiment belle la nuit

   Paris is really beautiful at night

   Synonym: (slang) Paname

2. Paris (a department of Île-de-France, France)

Derived terms

• avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille
• circée de Paris
• Paris de l'Orient
• Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour
• syndrome de Paris

 

Related terms

Related terms →

• parigot
• Paris-Brest, paris-brest
• parisianiser, parisianisant, parisianisé
• parisianisme

• parisianite
• parisien
• parisine
• parisis

Descendants

• English: Paris, Paree

Anagrams

• pairs, prias, ripas

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈʁiːs/

• (file)

• Rhymes: -iːs

Proper noun

Paris n (genitive Paris)

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

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Hausa

Etymology

From English Paris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /páː.rìs/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [páː.rɪ̀s]

Proper noun

Pār̃ìs f

1. Paris (a city in France)

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Latin

Proper noun

Paris m sg (genitive Paridis); third declension

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of modern France)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Paris
Genitive	Paridis
Dative	Paridī
Accusative	Paridem
Ablative	Paride
Vocative	Paris
Locative	Paridī Paride

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Middle English

Proper noun

Paris

1. Alternative form of Parys

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

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Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈris/

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of modern France)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /paˈɾi(j)s/, [paˈɾi(ɪ̯)s]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /paˈɾi(j)s/, [paˈɾi(ɪ̯)s]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio) /paˈɾi(j)ʃ/, [paˈɾi(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /pɐˈɾiʃ/, [pɐˈɾiʃ]

• Hyphenation: Pa‧ris

Proper noun

Paris f

2. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Paris.

Derived terms

• gesso de Paris
• parisiano
• parisiense

 

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Romanian

Proper noun

Paris f

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

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Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paris/

Proper noun

Paris m (genitive Parida, declension pattern of chlap)

1. (Greek mythology) Paris
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero.

Declension

Declension of Paris

	singulare tantum
nominative	Paris
genitive	Parida
dative	Paridovi
accusative	Parida
locative	Paridovi
instrumental	Paridom

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾis/, [ˈpa.ɾis]

Proper noun

Paris m

1. (Greek mythology) Paris, the Trojan prince

See also

• París (“Paris (city)”)

Anagrams

• pisar
• prisa

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈriːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Proper noun

Paris n (genitive Paris)

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)
2. (Greek mythology) Paris, Trojan prince

Derived terms

• parisare
• parisisk
• parisiska

 

Anagrams

• prisa, ripas, sirap, spira

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Tatar

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Declension

    declension of Paris

Nominative	Paris
Genitive	Parisnıñ
Dative	Parisga
Accusative	Parisnı
Locative	Parisda
Ablative	Parisdan

References

• Azatliq.org

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑːɾis]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ris

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Declension

    declension of Paris

	singular	plural
nominative	Paris	Parisler / Paris'ler
accusative	Paris'i	Parisleri / Paris'leri
dative	Paris'e	Parislere / Paris'lere
locative	Paris'te	Parislerde / Paris'lerde
ablative	Paris'ten	Parislerden / Paris'lerden
genitive	Paris'in	Parislerin / Paris'lerin

Derived terms

• Parisli

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Walloon

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital city of France)

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Welsh

Proper noun

Paris f

1. Paris (the capital city of France)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Paris	Baris	Mharis	Pharis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.