pays
- third-personsingularsimplepresentindicative ofpay
pays
- plural ofpay
Inherited fromMiddle Frenchpays, fromOld Frenchpais, fromLate Latinpāgēnsis(“inhabitant of a district”), derived fromLatinpāgus(“countryside; district”).
See related terms. Cognates includeItalianpaese. Borrowed into Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish aspaís. Cognates in regional languages in France:Normanpayis,Gallopeïs,Picardpoaiyis,Bourguignonpaiyis,Franco-Provençalpayis,Occitanpaís,Corsicanpaese.
- IPA(key): /pɛ.i/ ~/pe.i/,/pɛ.ji/,/pe.ji/
pays m (pluralpays)
- land,country,region,nation
- (politics, geography)country
- → Catalan:país
- → Galician:país
- → Portuguese:país (see there for further descendants)
- → Spanish:país
FromOld Frenchpais.
pays m (pluralpays)
- land;country;region
- French:pays
- → Catalan:país
- → Galician:país
- → Portuguese:país (see there for further descendants)
- → Spanish:país
FromOld Frenchpaïs, fromLate Latinpāgēnsis(“inhabitant of a district”), derived fromLatinpāgus(“countryside; district”).
pays m (pluralpays)
- (Jersey)country
pays m (pluralpayses)
- Obsolete spelling ofpaís.
pays m
- Obsolete spelling ofpais.
- IPA(key): /ˈpais/[ˈpai̯s]
- Rhymes:-ais
- Syllabification:pays
pays m pl
- plural ofpay
