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pays

See also: Pays and paÿs

English

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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pays

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pay

Noun

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pays

  1. plural of pay

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French pays, from Old French pais, 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

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

Noun

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pays m (plural pays)

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Catalan: país
  • → Portuguese: país (see there for further descendants)
  • → Spanish: país

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French pais.

Noun

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pays m (plural pays)

  1. land; country; region

Descendants

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  • French: pays
    • → Catalan: país
    • → Portuguese: país (see there for further descendants)
    • → Spanish: país

Norman

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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pays m (plural pays)

  1. (Jersey) country

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Portuguese

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Noun

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pays m (plural payses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of país.

Noun

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pays m

  1. Obsolete spelling of pais.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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pays m pl

  1. plural of pay
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