name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pais
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpeɪ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: pay
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CMU ARPABET: P EY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The country (ie: the jury); also, the people living in the district from where the jury is taken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 3
Initialism of partial androgen insensitivity syndrome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Initialism of post-acute infection syndrome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Initialism of politics and international studies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Pais.
From Old French, equivalent to French pays (“country”).