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Paris.

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

name/pa.ʁi/

  1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

    feminine · masculine
    Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été
    Paris est vraiment belle la nuit

  2. Paris (a department of Île-de-France, France)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French Paris, from Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lūtētia Parīsiōrum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe.

name/pa.ʁi/

  1. a common surname

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Partially from Occitan París and most generally from a variant of the given name Patrice; ultimately from Latin Patricius.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.