See also: Pays and paÿs

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

VerbEdit

pays

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of pay

NounEdit

pays

  1. plural of pay

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (inhabitant of a district), derived from Latin pāgus (countryside; district), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. See related terms. Cognates include Italian paese. Borrowed into Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish as país.

See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman payis, Gallo peïs, Picard poaiyis, Bourguignon paiyis, Franco-Provençal payis, Occitan país, Corsican paese.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /pɛ.i/, /pe.i/, /pɛ.ji/, /pe.ji/
  • (file)

NounEdit

pays m (plural pays)

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

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

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

Further readingEdit

Middle FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French païs.

NounEdit

pays m (plural pays)

  1. land; country; region

DescendantsEdit

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

NounEdit

pays m (plural pays)

  1. (Jersey) country

Derived termsEdit

PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

pays m (plural payses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of país

NounEdit

pays m

  1. Obsolete spelling of pais

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

pays m pl

  1. plural of pay