Paris

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

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)

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• Audio

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

Etymology 1

Original sense refers to the city in France. 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 city of France.
3. Any place named after the French city, including:
   1. a city in Arkansas, U.S., and one of the two county seats of Logan County.
   3. a small city in Idaho, U.S., and county seat of Bear Lake County.
   4. a city in Illinois, U.S., and the county seat of Edgar County.
   5. a city in Kentucky, U.S., and the county seat of Bourbon County.
   6. a town in Maine, U.S., and the county seat of Oxford County.
   8. a small city in Missouri, U.S., and county seat of Monroe County.
   10. a city in Tennessee, U.S., and county seat of Henry County.
   12. a city in Texas, U.S., and county seat of Lamar County.
4. A surname​ for someone who came from Paris, or a patronymic derived from Patrick.

   Serena Paris is a Canadian singer from Toronto, Canada.

5. A male given name from the surname.
6. A female given name of modern usage, usually from the French city.

   Paris Hilton is one of today's most recognizable figures, known around the world.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Paris green
• Parisian
• Paris syndrome

• Paris white
• plaster of Paris

Translations

capital of France

• Afrikaans: Parys (af)
• Albanian: Paris m
• Amharic: ፓሪስ (paris)
• Antillean Creole: Pari
• Arabic: بَارِيس‎ f (bārīs), (archaic) بَارِيز‎ f (bārīz)
• Aragonese: París m
• Armenian: Փարիզ (Pʿariz)
• Asturian: París
• Azerbaijani: Paris (az)
• Bashkir: Париж (Pariž)
• Basque: Paris (eu)
• Belarusian: Пары́ж m (Parýž)
• Bengali: প্যারিস (pjaris)
• 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 (ṗarizi)
• German: Paris (de) n
• Greek: Παρίσι (el) n (Parísi)
• Gujarati: પૅરિસ (pɛris)
• 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 (Pari)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: Parîs (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Париж (Paric)
• Lao: ປາລີ (pā lī)
• Latin: Lutetia Parisiorum f, Lutetia (la) f, Parīsiī
• 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 (perisa)
• 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 (paeris)
• Romanian: Paris (ro)
• Russian: Пари́ж (ru) m (Paríž)
• Samoan: Paris
• Samogitian: Parīžios
• Scottish Gaelic: Paris
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Париз m

  Roman: Pariz (sh) m

• 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
• Welsh: Paris
• 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 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)
• Hebrew: פאריס‎ m (paris)
• Hungarian: Parisz
• Indonesian: Paris
• Irish: Páras m
• Italian: Paride (it) m

• Japanese: パリ (ja) (Pari)
• 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)

Anagrams

• Pairs, Parsi, pairs, raips

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Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris

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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Catalan

Proper noun

Paris m

1. Paris

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰɑˈʁiːˀs]

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris, capital of France

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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/

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• Homophones: pari, parie

Proper noun

Paris m, f (mostly m)

1. Paris (in 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

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 (capital city of France)

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Latin

Proper noun

Paris m (genitive Paridis); third declension

1. Paris

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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 of France.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris, the capital of France.

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Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈris/

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (city)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈɾis/
• Rhymes: -is
• Homophone: paris

Proper noun

Paris f

2. Paris (the capital city of France)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Paris.

Derived terms

• gesso de Paris
• parisiano
• parisiense

 

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Romanian

Proper noun

Paris f

1. Paris, capital 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 chlap

1. (Greek mythology) Paris
2. A male given name 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): [ˈpa̠.ɾis]
• See also: París, parís, pares, paras, paros

Proper noun

Paris m

1. (Greek mythology) Paris, the Trojan prince.

Anagrams

• pisar
• prisa

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːs

Proper noun

Paris n (genitive Paris)

1. Paris, capital of France
2. (Greek mythology) Paris, Trojan prince

Derived terms

• parisare
• parisisk
• parisiska

 

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Tatar

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris

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

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