pai

Etymology

From Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pai m

1. father

Noun

pai

1. (slang) pie

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pay, from padre, from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).

Noun

pai m (plural pais)

1. father

Etymology

From Portuguese pai (“father”), from Old Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin patrem (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).

Noun

pai (plural pai pai)

1. father (male parent)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, […]

     The youngest one told his father […]

Romanization

pai

1. Rōmaji transcription of パイ

Noun

pai

1. father

Romanization

pai

1. Nonstandard spelling of pāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of pái.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pǎi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of pài.

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bait (compare Malay baik, Tagalog bait).

Adverb

pai

1. good

   He iwi hūmārire te Māori, he makoha, he aroha ki te pai.

   The Māori are amiable people, placid and love that which is good.

2. excellent
3. suitable
4. nice

   He maha hoki ngā whare kua kitea e au he whare nunui, he pai a waho ki te titiro atu, ko roto ia he pai ke atu ngā wharepuni.

   And there are many houses that I have seen that are large with nice exteriors to look at, but inside the sleeping houses are even better.

5. pleasant

Noun

pai

1. goodness
2. excellence
3. suitability

Etymology

From Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pai m (plural pais)

1. father

Etymology

From English pie

Noun

pai m (definite singular paien, indefinite plural paier, definite plural paiene)

1. a pie

References

• “pai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From English pie

Noun

pai m (definite singular paien, indefinite plural paiar, definite plural paiane)

1. a pie

References

• “pai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

pai

1. (Hoanya) woman

References

• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Alternative forms

• pae (obsolete)
• pay (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pay, from padre, from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).

Compare Galician pai, Mirandese and Leonese pai and Aragonese pai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paj/, [paɪ̯]
• Homophone: Pai
• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

pai m (plural pais)

1. father (male who sires a child)
2. (usually in the plural) parent (either a mother or a father)
3. (figuratively) father (the founder of a discipline or science)

   Os gregos foram os pais da civilização.

   The Greeks were the fathers of civilisation.

Further reading

• pai in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology

Back-formation from paie, from Latin palea, considered as a plural. Compare Aromanian palj, paljiu.

Noun

pai n (plural paie)

1. straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
2. drinking straw

Etymology

From English pie.

Noun

pai

1. pie