paie
French, noun/pɛ/
paie is spelled P-A-I-E (4 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paie is a French feminine noun meaning “pay, salary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of payer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de payer”.
What does paie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepay, salary
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de payer. 2. Salaire ou rémunération d’un travail. 3. Celui qui paie. 4. Un long moment.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of paie
- paies plural
- paye alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paie?
- /pɛ/
- /pɛj/
- \pɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paie in French?
paie appears 23 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).