pais

P3A1I1S1
/ˈpeɪ/

noun

The country (ie: the jury); also, the people living in the district from where the jury is taken.

OriginFrench pays →
Less commonScrabble 6
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Meanings

pais1

nounpais (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablelawThe country (ie: the jury); also, the people living in the district from where the jury is taken.

Pais2

proper nounPais (plural Paises)

plural Paises

  1. A surname.

PAIS3

nounPAIS (countable and uncountable, plural PAISs)

plural PAISs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of partial androgen insensitivity syndrome.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of post-acute infection syndrome.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of politics and international studies.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
philerast

Origin

pais · noun

  1. Frenchpays“country”
  2. Englishpais

From Old French, equivalent to French pays (“country”).

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Pais · proper noun

  1. PortuguesePais
  2. EnglishPais

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Pais.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

pay

Anagrams

PisaPIAssipa
Cite this entry
APA

pais. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pais

MLA

“pais.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pais. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pais,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pais.

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