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FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

pays.

land; region; home ground; homeland; home country; country; nation

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɛ.i//pe.i//pɛ.ji//pe.ji/

  1. land; region; home ground; homeland; home country; country; nation

    invariable · masculine

  2. country

    invariable · masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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