país

See also: pais, páis, paîs, Páis, païs, PAIS, and παῖς

Asturian

Noun

país m (plural países)

1. country

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈis]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pa‧ís

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagēnsis, from Latin pāgus (“country”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pagès. See related terms.

Noun

país m (plural països)

1. country, land (a set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits)

   País Basc ― Basque Country

2. country (the territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state)

Derived terms

• malpaís
• País Basc
• País del Loira
• País Valencià
• Països Baixos
• Països Catalans
• rerepaís

Related terms

• pagà
• pagès
• paisà
• paisatge

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

país

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pair

Further reading

• “país”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “país”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “país” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “país” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (“country”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈis/ [paˈis̺]
• Rhymes: -is
• Hyphenation: pa‧ís

Noun

país m (plural países)

1. country

   Synonym: terra

   Cada país seu uso, cada roca seu fuso. (proverb)

   when in Rome, do as the Romans do

   (literally, “Each country has its usage, each distaff its spindle.”)

   • 1978, Emilio González López, Grandeza e decadencia do reino de Galicia, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 88:

     Na segunda fase, no século IX, cambea radicalmente a situación verbo das relacións entre Galicia e a corte asturiana, na que o noso país ten xa unha influencia decisiva.

     In the second phase, during the 9th century, the situation changes radically in regards to the relations of Galicia and the Asturian Court, in which our country has already a decisive influence

2. countryside

Derived terms

• paisano
• Países Baixos
• viño do país

Related terms

• pais

References

• “país”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “país”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “país”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “país”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese país.

Noun

país

1. country

Occitan

Alternative forms

• païs

Etymology

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (“country”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

país m (plural païses)

1. country

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• paiz (pre-standardization spelling)
• pays (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pays, from Medieval Latin pagēnsis, from Latin pāgus (“country”). Doublet of pago.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paˈiʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈiʃ/

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɐˈis/

• Audio (Portugal):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pa‧ís

Noun

país m (plural países)

2. country; nation (a sovereign polity)

   Synonym: nação

   O Uruguai foi uma colónia, depois uma província, e hoje é um país.

   Uruguay was a colony, then a province, and today it's a country.

4. country; land (a region inhabited by a particular people or characterised by a certain feature)

   Synonyms: terra, região

   Estamos em país montanhoso. ― We are in a mountainous land.

   País Basco ― Basque Country

   Alice no País das Maravilhas. ― Alice in Wonderland.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:país.

Derived terms

• paisão (augmentative)
• paisinho (diminutive)

Related terms

• País Basco
• país de opereta
• países baixos
• Países Baixos

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: país
• Papiamentu: pais

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagēnsis, from Latin pāgus (“country”). Compare Sicilian pajisi, Italian paese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈis/ [paˈis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: pa‧ís

Noun

país m (plural países)

1. country (the territory of a nation)
2. country, land (a set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits)

   País Vasco ― Basque Country

   El País de las Maravillas ― Wonderland

Derived terms

• antepaís
• apaisado
• malpaís
• país en vías de desarrollo
• país miembro
• riesgo país

Related terms

• pagano
• pago
• paisaje
• paisano

Further reading

• “país”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10