pays
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪz
Verb
pays
- third-person singular simple present indicative of pay
Noun
pays
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), derived from Latin pāgus (“countryside; district”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. See related terms. Cognates include Italian paese. Borrowed into Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish as país.
See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman payis, Gallo peïs, Picard poaiyis, Bourguignon paiyis, Franco-Provençal payis, Occitan país, Corsican paese.
Pronunciation
Noun
pays m (plural pays)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pays”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French païs.
Alternative forms
Noun
pays m (plural pays)
Descendants
- French: pays
Norman
Etymology
From Old French païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), derived from Latin pāgus (“countryside; district”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Noun
pays m (plural pays)
Derived terms
- Les Pays Bas (“the Netherlands”)
Portuguese
Noun
pays m (plural payses)
Noun
pays m
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
pays m pl
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