pays
French, noun/pɛ.i/
pays is a French masculine noun meaning “land; region; home ground; homeland; home country; country; nation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Territoire d’une nation”.
What does pays mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineland; region; home ground; homeland; home country; country; nation
Near-synonym: patrie
- 2
masculinecountry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Territoire d’une nation. 2. Patrie. 3. Province natale. 4. Fraction cohérente du territoire national.
noun: 1. Personne originaire de la même région qu’une autre, compatriote. 2. Souvent employé dans le milieu du compagnonnage pour appeler un autre compagnon.
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 pays
- payse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pays?
- /pɛ.i/
- /pe.i/
- /pɛ.ji/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pays
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pays in French?
pays appears 617 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).