paye

See also: Paye, PAYE, payé, and påye

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛj

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• paie

Verb

paye

1. inflection of payer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Noun

paye f (plural payes)

1. salary, pay
2. payment
3. (dated) payer, someone who pays
4. (colloquial) ages, a long time

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: pèy

Further reading

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