pays

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /peɪz/ Rhymes: -eɪz === Verb === pays third-person singular simple present indicative of pay === Noun === pays plural of pay === Anagrams === APYs, AsPy, aspy, pyas, spay, yaps == French == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /pɛ.i/ ~ /pe.i/, /pɛ.ji/, /pe.ji/ === Noun === pays m (invariable) land; region; home ground; homeland; home country; country; nation Near-synonym: patrie (politics, geography) country ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: país → Galician: país → Portuguese: país (see there for further descendants) → Spanish: país === Further reading === “pays”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Alternative forms === païs, paÿs === Etymology === From Old French pais. === Noun === pays m (plural pays) land; country; region ==== Descendants ==== French: pays→ Catalan: país→ Galician: país→ Portuguese: país (see there for further descendants)→ Spanish: país == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), derived from Latin pāgus (“countryside; district”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === pays m (plural pays) (Jersey) country ==== Derived terms ==== Les Pays Bas (“the Netherlands”) == Portuguese == === Noun === pays m (plural payses) obsolete spelling of país === Noun === pays m obsolete spelling of pais == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpais/ [ˈpai̯s] Rhymes: -ais Syllabification: pays === Noun === pays m pl plural of pay