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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
A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – herb Paris and its close relatives, native to Asia and Europe.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
References
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios ( “ cauldron ” ) , from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos , from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- . Doublet of Parizh .
Proper noun
Paris
The capital and largest city of France .
1996 , Eldon Black , “Prologue: 1960-1967 ”, in Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974 , Carleton University Press , →ISBN , →OCLC , page 9 :And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa.
A department of Île-de-France , France .
( metonymically ) The government of France.
A locale named after the French city.
A hamlet in Jutland , Denmark .
A hamlet in El Wadi El Gedid governorate , Egypt .
A former settlement in Yukon , Canada .
A former settlement in Kiritimati , Kiribati .
A locale in the United States .
A city in Arkansas , United States and one of the two county seats of Logan County .
A city, the county seat of Bear Lake County , Idaho .
A city, the county seat of Edgar County , Illinois .
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County and Jennings County , Indiana .
An unincorporated community in Linn County , Iowa .
A city, the county seat of Bourbon County , Kentucky .
A town, the county seat of Oxford County , Maine .
An unincorporated community in Green Charter Township, Mecosta County , Michigan .
A census-designated place in Lafayette County , Mississippi .
A city, the county seat of Monroe County , Missouri ; named for the city in Kentucky.
An unincorporated community in the towns of Dummer and Stark , Coos County , New Hampshire .
A town in Oneida County , New York ; named for early benefactor Col. Isaac Paris.
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Stark County , Ohio .
An unincorporated community in Lane County , Oregon ; named for postmaster G. E. Parris .
A census-designated place in Hanover Township, Washington County , Pennsylvania .
A city, the county seat of Lamar County , Texas .
A city, the county seat of Henry County , Tennessee .
An unincorporated community in Fauquier County , Virginia .
A town in Grant County , Wisconsin .
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Kenosha County , Wisconsin ; named for the town in New York.
A number of townships in the United States , listed under Paris Township .
A community of Ontario ; named for nearby gypsum deposits, used to make plaster of Paris (itself named for the city).
An English habitational surname from Old French for someone from Paris.
A male given name from place name .
A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage , usually from the French city.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
capital of France
Afrikaans: Parys (af)
Akan: Paris
Albanian: Paris m
Amharic: ፓሪስ ( paris ) , ፓሪ ( pari ) ( French form )
Antillean Creole: Pawi m
Arabic: بَارِيس f ( bārīs ) , ( archaic ) بَارِيز f ( bārīz )
Gulf Arabic: باريس f ( bārīs ) , پاريس f ( pārīs )
Hijazi Arabic: باريس f ( bārīs, pārīs )
Aragonese: París m
Armenian: Փարիզ ( Pʻariz )
Asturian: París
Azerbaijani: Paris (az)
Bashkir: Париж ( Parij )
Basque: Paris (eu)
Belarusian: Пары́ж m ( Parýž )
Bengali: প্যারিস (bn) ( pêriś )
Breton: Pariz (br)
Bulgarian: Пари́ж (bg) m ( Paríž )
Burmese: ပါရီ ( pari )
Catalan: París (ca) m
Chechen: Париж ( Pariž )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 巴黎 ( baa1 lai4 )
Eastern Min: 巴黎 ( Bă-là̤ )
Hakka: 巴黎 ( Pâ-lì )
Hokkien: 巴黎 (zh-min-nan) ( Pa-lê )
Mandarin: 巴黎 (zh) ( Bālí )
Wu: 巴黎
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)
Farefare: Pari
Faroese: París m
Finnish: Pariisi (fi)
French: Paris (fr) m
Galician: París (gl) m
Georgian: პარიზი (ka) ( ṗarizi )
German: Paris (de) n
Greek: Παρίσι (el) n ( Parísi )
Ancient: Λευκετία f ( Leuketía ) , Λουκοτοκία f ( Loukotokía ) , Λουκετία ( Louketía ) , Λευκοτοκία ( Leukotokía )
Gujarati: પૅરિસ ( pěris )
Hausa: Paris f
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 ( Parizh )
Kannada: ಪ್ಯಾರಿಸ್ (kn) ( pyāris )
Kashubian: Pariz
Kazakh: Париж ( Parij )
Khmer: ប៉ារីស (km) ( paariih )
Korean: 파리 (ko) ( Pari ) , 빠리 (ko) ( Ppari ) ( North Korea )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Parîs (ku)
Kyrgyz: Париж ( Parij )
Lao: ປາລີ ( pā lī )
Latin: Parīsius m ( New Latin ) , Lutetia Parisiorum f , Lutetia (la) f ( Contemporary Latin )
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 ( peris )
Northern Sotho: Paris
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Paris (no)
Nynorsk: Paris
Occitan: París (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: Парижь ( Parižĭ )
Ossetian: Париж ( Pariž )
Pashto: پاريس (ps) m ( pārís )
Persian: پاریس (fa) ( pâris )
Polish: Paryż (pl) m
Portuguese: Paris (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਪੈਰਿਸ m ( pairis )
Shahmukhi: پَیرَس m ( pairas )
Romani: o Parìzo m
Romanian: Paris (ro)
Russian: Пари́ж (ru) m ( Paríž )
Samoan: Paris
Samogitian: Parīžios
Scottish Gaelic: Paris
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Париз m
Roman: Pariz (sh) m
Sicilian: Parisi f
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
Sranan Tongo: Pareisi
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 (uk) m ( Parýž )
Urdu: پیرس m ( pairis )
Uyghur: پارىژ ( parizh )
Uzbek: Parij
Vietnamese: Pa-ri , Ba Lê (vi) ( dated ) , Ba Lý
Walloon: Paris (wa)
Welsh: Paris (cy)
West Flemish: Parys n
West Frisian: Parys (fy) n
Yakut: Париж ( Parizh )
Yiddish: פּאַריז n ( pariz )
Yoruba: Paris
Zazaki: ( Southern Zazaki ) Paris
Zhuang: Bahliz
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις ( Páris ) .
Proper noun
Paris
( Greek mythology ) A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen .
A male given name from Ancient Greek , from the Trojan hero.
Translations
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Paris
A French surname originating as a patronymic , ultimately from Latin Patricius .
Parise , Pariset , Parez , Paresse , Parisot , Pariseau , Parizeau , Parris , de Paris , Parizot , Parizet
Etymology 4
Proper noun
Paris
An English surname of Celtic origin, a variant of Parris .
Etymology 5
Proper noun
Paris
A Belgian surname , a variant of Parys .
Etymology 6
Proper noun
Paris
A Sicilian surname , a variant of Parigi .
Etymology 7
Proper noun
Paris
A Spanish surname , a variant of Aparicio .
References
^ Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan (2022 December 28) “Emily in Paris goes to Provence and other exotic locations”, in First Class Magazine , archived from the original on 2023-02-01 : “Emily in Paris (pronounced Paree – see it rhymes) is regaling us with even more incredible locations in season three including the Loire Valley and Provence. ”
^ “Parisianism ”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster , 1996–present.
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Proper noun
Paris
Paris (the capital and largest city of France )
Declension
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Paris
Paris (the capital city of France )
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old French Paris , from Latin Lutetia Parīsiōrum .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paris
Paris (the capital and largest city of France )
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek Πάρις ( Páris ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paris
( mythology ) Paris ( prince of Troy, abductor of Helen )
French
Paris on French Wikipedia
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French Paris , from Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lūtētia Parīsiōrum ( “ Lutetia of the Parisii ” ) , from Latin Parīsiī , a Gaulish tribe.
Proper noun
Paris m or f (mostly m )
Paris (the capital and largest city of France )
Synonym: ( slang ) Paname
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en étéParis is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuitParis is really beautiful at night
Paris (a department of Île-de-France , France )
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Partially from Occitan París and most generally from a variant of the given name Patrice ; ultimately from Latin Patricius .[ 1]
Proper noun
Paris m or f
a common surname
Further reading
References
Anagrams
German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German Pārīs , from Old French Paris . The modern form follows non-diphthongising dialects, obviously reinforced by Modern French . The form Pareis still survives dialectally; compare also Luxembourgish Paräis , Dutch Parijs .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /paˈʁiːs/ , ( dated also ) /paˈʁɪs/
Rhymes: -iːs
Proper noun
Paris n (proper noun , genitive Paris' or ( rare ) Parisens or ( with an article ) Paris )
Paris (the capital and largest city of France )
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin Paris , from Ancient Greek Πάρις ( Páris ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paris m (proper noun , strong , genitive Paris' or ( learned ) Paridis or ( with an article ) Paris )
( Greek mythology ) Paris
Further reading
“Paris ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Paris ” in Duden online
“Paris ” in Duden online
Hausa
Etymology
From English Paris .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pār̃ìs f
Paris (a city in France )
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις ( Páris ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paris m sg (genitive Paridis or Paridos ) ; third declension
( Greek mythology ) A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen .
a male given name from Ancient Greek , from the Trojan hero
Declension
Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.
1 In poetry.
Middle English
Proper noun
Paris
Alternative form of Parys
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Paris
Paris (the capital and largest city of France )
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Paris
Paris (the capital and largest city of France )
Old French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paris
Paris (the capital and largest city of modern France )
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Paris .
Pronunciation
Rhymes: ( Brazil ) -is , ( Portugal, Rio de Janeiro ) -iʃ
Hyphenation: Pa‧ris
Proper noun
Paris
Paris (the capital and largest city of France )
2012 , Luís Fernando Veríssimo , “A tia que caiu no Sena”, in Diálogos Impossíveis , Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN , page 63 :Alda contou para o grupo que a tia Belinha tinha ido sozinha a Paris e lá conhecera um conde francês, ligeiramente arruinado e ligeiramente maluco, com quem tivera um tórrido caso de verão. Numa noite quente, dançando numa margem do Sena, depois de muitos copos de champanhe, os dois tinham tropeçado e... (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
Paris is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal .
Derived terms
Romanian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paris f
Paris (the capital and largest city of France )
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις ( Páris ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paris m pers (genitive singular Parida , declension pattern of chlap )
( Greek mythology ) Paris
a male given name from Ancient Greek , from the Trojan hero
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις ( Páris ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpaɾis/
Rhymes: -aɾis
Syllabification: Pa‧ris
Proper noun
Paris m
( Greek mythology ) Paris , the Trojan prince
See also
Anagrams
Swedish
Paris
Etymology 1
From Old French Paris .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paris n (genitive Paris )
Paris (the capital and largest city of France )
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek Πᾰ́ρῐς ( Páris ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paris c (genitive Paris )
( Greek mythology ) Paris (Trojan prince)
References
Anagrams
Tatar
Proper noun
Paris
Paris (the capital and largest city of France )
Declension
References
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پارس ( paris ) , from French Paris .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /paːɾis/
Hyphenation: Pa‧ris
Proper noun
Paris
Paris (the capital and largest city of France )
Declension
Derived terms
Walloon
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paris
Paris (the capital city of France )
Welsh
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paris f
Paris (the capital city of France )
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.