Paris

Translingual

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

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – herb Paris and its close relatives, native to Asia and Europe.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Liliales - order; Melanthiaceae - family; Parideae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Paris quadrifolia - type species; for other species see Paris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Paris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Paris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Paris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Paris at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Paris at Encyclopedia of Life
• Paris at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Paris at Tropicos

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹ.ɪs/
• (General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ɪs/

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• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation, NYC) -æɹɪs, (General American, Canada, Mary-marry-merry merger) -ɛɹɪs
• Homophone: Perris (in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)

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-.

Proper noun

Paris

2. 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.

3. A department of Île-de-France, France.
4. (metonymically) The government of France.
5. A locale named after the French city.
   1. A hamlet in Jutland, Denmark.
   2. A hamlet in El Wadi El Gedid governorate, Egypt.
   3. A former settlement in Yukon, Canada.
   4. A former settlement in Kiritimati, Kiribati.
   5. A locale in the United States.
      1. A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Logan County.
      3. A city, the county seat of Bear Lake County, Idaho.
      4. A city, the county seat of Edgar County, Illinois.
      5. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County and Jennings County, Indiana.
      6. An unincorporated community in Linn County, Iowa.
      7. A city, the county seat of Bourbon County, Kentucky.
      8. A town, the county seat of Oxford County, Maine.
      9. An unincorporated community in Green Charter Township, Mecosta County, Michigan.
      10. A census-designated place in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
      12. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Missouri; named for the city in Kentucky.
      13. An unincorporated community in the towns of Dummer and Stark, Coos County, New Hampshire.
      14. A town in Oneida County, New York; named for early benefactor Col. Isaac Paris.
      15. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Stark County, Ohio.
      16. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon; named for postmaster G. E. Parris.
      17. A census-designated place in Hanover Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
      19. A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Texas.
      21. A city, the county seat of Henry County, Tennessee.
      22. An unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia.
      23. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
      24. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin; named for the town in New York.
      25. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Paris Township.
6. A community in Ontario; named for nearby gypsum deposits, used to make plaster of Paris (itself named for the city).
7. An English habitational surname from Old French for someone from Paris.
8. A male given name transferred from the surname.
9. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, usually from the French city.

Alternative forms

• (capital city of France): Paree (humorous, deliberate misspelling)
• (English habitational surname): Parish, Parris, Parrish, Pares

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Arabic: بارِيس (bārīs), بَارِيز (bārīz); پَارِيس (pārīs)
  • → Afar: Baaríis
  • → Somali: Baaríis
• → Hindi: पेरिस (peris)
• → Urdu: پَیرِس (pairis)
  • → Punjabi: پَیرَس (pairas)

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Proper noun

Paris

1. (Greek mythology) A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero.

Translations

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Paris

1. A French surname originating as a patronymic, ultimately from Latin Patricius.

Alternative forms

• Parise, Pariset, Parez, Paresse, Parisot, Pariseau, Parizeau, Parris, de Paris, Parizot, Parizet

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Paris

1. An English surname of Celtic origin, a variant of Parris.

Etymology 5

Proper noun

Paris

1. A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.

Etymology 6

Proper noun

Paris

1. A Sicilian surname, a variant of Parigi.

Etymology 7

Proper noun

Paris

1. A Spanish surname, a variant of Aparicio.

References

Anagrams

• Pairs, Parsi, Ripas, pairs, raips

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Declension

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital city of France)

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old French Paris, from Latin Lutetia Parīsiōrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Paris

1. (mythology) Paris (prince of Troy, abductor of Helen)

French

 Paris on French Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁi/

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• Homophones: pari, parie

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)

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

   Synonym: (slang) Paname

   Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été

   Paris is much less noisy in summer

   Paris est vraiment belle la nuit

   Paris is really beautiful at night

2. Paris (a department of Île-de-France, France)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → English: Paris, Paree; Parish, Parris, Parrish, Pares
  • → Arabic: بارِيس (bārīs), بَارِيز (bārīz); پَارِيس (pārīs)
    • → Afar: Baaríis
    • → Somali: Baaríis
  • → Hindi: पेरिस (peris)
  • → Urdu: پَیرِس (pairis)
    • → Punjabi: پَیرَس (pairas)

Etymology 2

Partially from Occitan París and most generally from a variant of the given name Patrice; ultimately from Latin Patricius.

Proper noun

Paris m or f

1. a common surname

Further reading

• Michel Grosclaude, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille gascons, Orthez, per noste, 2003, →ISBN, page 205
• filae.com

References

Anagrams

• pairs, prias, ripas

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/

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• Rhymes: -iːs

Proper noun

Paris n (proper noun, genitive Paris' or (rare) Parisens or (with an article) Paris)

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Alternative forms

• Pareis (obsolete)

Derived terms

• Pariser
• parisisch

Etymology 2

From Latin Paris, from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːʁɪs/

Proper noun

Paris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Paris' or (learned) Paridis or (with an article) Paris)

1. (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

• IPA^(key): /páː.rìs/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Pār̃ìs f

1. Paris (a city in France)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ris/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ris/,

Proper noun

Paris m

1. (Greek mythology) A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.
2. 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.

¹In poetry.

Middle English

Proper noun

Paris

1. Alternative form of Parys

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia ^nb

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾis/

Proper noun

Paris

1. 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

2. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Usage notes

Paris is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Paris.

Derived terms

Romanian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Paris f

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Paris m anim (genitive singular Parida, declension pattern of chlap)

1. (Greek mythology) Paris
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero

Declension

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾis/
• Rhymes: -aɾis
• Syllabification: Pa‧ris

Proper noun

Paris m

1. (Greek mythology) Paris, the Trojan prince

See also

• París (“Paris (city)”)

Anagrams

• pisar
• prisa

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old French Paris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈriːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Proper noun

Paris n (genitive Paris)

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Πᾰ́ρῐς (Páris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːrɪs/
• Rhymes: -¹ɑːrɪs

Proper noun

Paris c (genitive Paris)

1. (Greek mythology) Paris (Trojan prince)

Anagrams

• prisa, ripas, sirap, spira

Tatar

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Declension

2=ga
3=nı
4=da
5=dan

References

• Azatliq.org

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پارس (paris), from French Paris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːɾis/
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ris

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Declension

Derived terms

• Parisli

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʀi/

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (the capital city of France)

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia ^cy

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈparɪs/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpa(ː)rɪs/
• Rhymes: -arɪs

Proper noun

Paris f

1. Paris (the capital city of France)

Mutation