pais

See also: país, paîs, païs, páis, Páis, and παῖς

English

Etymology

From Old French, equivalent to French pays (“country”).

Noun

pais (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, law) The (people of the) country.

Usage notes

  • A trial per pais is a trial by the country, i.e. by a jury; and matter in pais is matter triable by the country, or jury.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pais in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Verb

pais

  1. first-person singular present indicative of paître
  2. second-person singular present indicative of paître
  3. second-person singular imperative of paître

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

pais m pl

  1. plural of padre
  2. Parents

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈis/

Noun

pais (plural paises)

  1. country (nation)

Istriot

Alternative forms

  • paìs

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pagenses, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), from Latin pāgus (“village; district”). Compare Italian paese, Venetian pajès, Friulian paîs, Sicilian paisi, Romansch pajais, Catalan país, French pays, Portuguese país, Spanish país.

Noun

pais

  1. country
  2. village

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun

pais m (plural pais)

  1. (Jersey) pea

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin pācem, accusative singular of pāx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpajs/

Noun

pais f (oblique plural pais, nominative singular pais, nominative plural pais)

  1. peace
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Late Latin pāgēnsis, which is derived from Latin pāgus (“country”).

Alternative forms

  • païs (scholarly transcription)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈis/

Noun

pais m (oblique plural pais, nominative singular pais, nominative plural pais)

  1. country; nation
Usage notes
  • The vast majority of facsimiles of manuscripts use pais to mean peace and païs (with a diaeresis on the i) to mean country. While this avoids ambiguity this distinction is not found in the original manuscripts which do not contain diaereses at all.
Descendants

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

pais m pl

  1. parents
  2. Plural of noun pai.

Usage notes

  • Do not confuse with país.

Romansch

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

Noun

pais m

  1. (Puter, Vallader) weight

Synonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun) paisa
  • (Sursilvan, Surmiran) peisa
  • (Sutsilvan) pesa

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

pais m

  1. genitive singular of pas
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.