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payer.

to pay (for)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɛ.je//pe.je/

  1. to pay (for)

    transitive
    payer une amende
    payer un service

  2. to pay (someone)

    transitive
    payer la caissière
    Il m'a payé 3 euros.

  3. to buy (something)

    transitive
    Nous payons les courses.

  4. pay for (suffer the consequences of something)

    Tu vas payer pour ce que tu as fait à ma sœur.

  5. to pay off (to be fruitful)

    Mes efforts ont payé.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French payer, from Old French paiier, paier, from Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

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