país

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

Asturian

Noun

país m (plural países)

  1. country

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

país m (plural països)

  1. country

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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Further reading

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

país m (plural países)

  1. country
    • 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
    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.”)
    Synonym: terra
  2. countryside

Derived terms

Further reading

References

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese país.

Noun

país

  1. country

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

país m (plural païses)

  1. country

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Vulgar Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (“country”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

país m (plural países)

  2. country; nation (a sovereign polity)
    O Uruguai era uma colónia, depois uma província, e hoje um país.
    Uruguay was a colony, then a province, and today a country.
  4. country; land (a region inhabited by a particular people or characterised by a certain feature)
    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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Vulgar Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (“country”).

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

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