país
Catalan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from , from , from , from , from . See related terms.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
país
Further reading
- “país” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “país” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “país” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “país” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Vulgar Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (“country”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈis/
Derived terms
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Vulgar Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (“country”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Vulgar Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (“country”).
Noun
país m (plural países)
- country; nation (a sovereign polity)
- O Uruguai era uma colónia, depois uma província, e hoje um país.
- Uruguay was a colony, then a province, and today a country.
- country; land (a region inhabited by a particular people or characterised by a certain feature)
- Estamos em país montanhoso. ― We are in a mountainous land.
- País Basco ― Basque Country
- Alice no País das Maravilhas. ― Alice in Wonderland.
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:país.
Derived terms
- paisão (augmentative)
- País Basco
- país de opereta
- países baixos
- Países Baixos
- paisinho (diminutive)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French pays, from Old French païs, from Vulgar Latin pagensis, from Latin pāgus (“country”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈis/
- Rhymes: -is
Noun
país m (plural países)
Further reading
- “país” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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