English

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.

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

• aspi

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, Romansh pajais, Catalan país, French pays, Portuguese país, Spanish país.

Noun

pais

1. country
2. village

Norman

Alternative forms

• peis (Guernsey)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

pais m ‎(plural pais)

1. (Jersey) pea

Synonyms

• pais rond

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin pācem, accusative singular of pāx.

Noun

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

1. peace

Descendants

• English: peace (borrowed)
• French: paix

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• païs (scholarly transcription)

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

• Catalan: país
• Middle French: pays, païs
  • French: pays
• Papiamentu: país
• Portuguese: país
• Spanish: país

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpajʃ/

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