pays

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See also: Pays and paÿs

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /peɪz/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪz

Verb

pays

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pay

Noun

pays

  1. plural of pay

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

See related terms. Cognates include Italian paese. Borrowed into Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish as país. 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/, /pɛ.ji/, /pe.ji/
  • audio(file)

Noun

pays m (plural pays)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: país
  • → Spanish: país
  • → Catalan: país

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French païs.

Noun

pays m (plural pays)

  1. land; country; region

Descendants

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)

  1. (Jersey) country

Derived terms

Portuguese

Noun

pays m (plural payses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of país

Noun

pays m

  1. Obsolete spelling of pais

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpais/
  • Rhymes: -ais
  • Syllabification: pays

Noun

pays m pl

  1. plural of pay
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