pays

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See also:Pays,andpaÿs

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-personsingularsimplepresentindicativeofpay

Noun

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pays

  1. pluralofpay

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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InheritedfromMiddle 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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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paysm(pluralpays)

  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

Further reading

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchpais.

Noun

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paysm(pluralpays)

  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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FromOld Frenchpaïs,fromLate Latinpāgēnsis(inhabitant of a district),derived fromLatinpāgus(countryside; district).

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Noun

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paysm(pluralpays)

  1. (Jersey)country

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Portuguese

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Noun

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paysm(pluralpayses)

  1. Obsoletespelling ofpaís.

Noun

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paysm

  1. Obsoletespelling ofpais.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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paysmpl

  1. pluralofpay