pays

See also: Pays and paÿs

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /peɪz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪz

Verb

pays

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pay

Noun

pays

1. plural of pay

Anagrams

• APYs, AsPy, aspy, pyas, spay, yaps

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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

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.i/, /pe.i/

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Noun

pays m (plural pays)

1. land, country, region, nation
2. (politics, geography) country

Derived terms

• dépayser
• paysage
• paysan
• pays développé
• pays en voie de développement

Further reading

• “pays”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French païs.

Alternative forms

• païs
• paÿs

Noun

pays m (plural pays)

1. land; country; region

Descendants

• French: pays

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), derived from Latin pāgus (“countryside; district”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Noun

pays m (plural pays)

1. (Jersey) country

Derived terms

• Les Pays Bas (“the Netherlands”)

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Portuguese

Noun

pays m (plural payses)

1. Obsolete spelling of país

Noun

pays m

1. Obsolete spelling of pais

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpais/ [ˈpai̯s]

Noun

pays m pl

1. plural of pay