See also: pais, páis, paîs, Páis, païs, PAIS, and παῖς

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Noun edit

país m (plural países)

  1. country

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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagēnsis, from Latin pāgus (country), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pagès. See related terms.

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país m (plural països)

  1. country, land (a set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits)
    País BascBasque Country
  2. country (the territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state)
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

país

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pair

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Galician edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (country), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

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Noun edit

país m (plural países)

  1. country
    Synonym: terra
    Cada país seu uso, cada roca seu fuso. (proverb)
    when in Rome, do as the Romans do
    (literally, “Each country has its usage, each distaff its spindle.”)
    • 1978, Emilio González López, Grandeza e decadencia do reino de Galicia, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 88:
      Na segunda fase, no século IX, cambea radicalmente a situación verbo das relacións entre Galicia e a corte asturiana, na que o noso país ten xa unha influencia decisiva.
      In the second phase, during the 9th century, the situation changes radically in regards to the relations of Galicia and the Asturian Court, in which our country has already a decisive influence
  2. countryside

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Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese país.

Noun edit

país

  1. country

Occitan edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (country), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

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  • (file)

Noun edit

país m (plural païses)

  1. country

Portuguese edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French pays,[1][2] from Medieval Latin pagēnsis, from Latin pāgus (country).

Pronunciation edit

 

  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /pɐˈis/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ís

Noun edit

país m (plural países)

  1. country; nation (a sovereign polity)
    Synonym: nação
    O Uruguai foi uma colónia, depois uma província, e hoje é um país.
    Uruguay was a colony, then a province, and today it's a country.
  2. country; land (a region inhabited by a particular people or characterised by a certain feature)
    Synonyms: terra, região
    Estamos em país montanhoso.We are in a mountainous land.
    País BascoBasque Country
    Alice no País das Maravilhas.Alice in Wonderland.

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:país.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Medieval Latin pagēnsis, from Latin pāgus (country). Compare Sicilian pajisi, Italian paese.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /paˈis/ [paˈis]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: pa‧ís

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país m (plural países)

  1. country (the territory of a nation)
  2. country, land (a set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits)
    País VascoBasque Country
    El País de las MaravillasWonderland

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