paris

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Australia, UK, US/ˈpæɹɪs/British, Northern England, Southern, Standard/ˈpaɹɪs//ˈpɛɹɪs/Scotland, Wales/ˈpaɾɪs/

proper noun

The capital and largest city of France.

Very commonScrabble 7

Meanings

paris1

noun
  1. pluralplural of pari.

Paris2

proper noun

alternative deliberate humorous misspelling Paree · alternative Parish · alternative Parris · alternative Parrish · alternative Pares

  1. The capital and largest city of France.

    And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa.

    1996, Eldon Black, “Prologue: 1960-1967”, in Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974, Carleton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9
    1 more example

    While the concept of remigration has long existed in academia, its hijacking by the far right on social media appears to have begun about a decade ago when French adherents to identitarianism, an ethno-nationalist movement, organised what they described as the inaugural meeting in Paris on remigration.

    2024 October 3, Ashifa Kassam, “How remigration became a buzzword for global far right”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2025
  2. metonymicallyThe government of France.
  3. A locale named after the French city.
    1. A former settlement in Yukon, Canada.
    2. A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Logan County.
    3. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Missouri; named for the city in Kentucky.
    4. A town in Oneida County, New York; named for early benefactor Col. Isaac Paris.
    5. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon; named for postmaster G. E. Parris.
    6. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin; named for the town in New York.
    7. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Paris Township.
  4. A community in Ontario; named for nearby gypsum deposits, used to make plaster of Paris (itself named for the city).
  5. An English habitational surname from Old French for someone from Paris.
  6. A male given name from place name.
  7. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, usually from the French city.

    During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.

    2023 July 6, Erin Griffith, David Yaffe-Bellany, “How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2023

Paris3

proper noun
  1. Greekhuman sciencesA Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero.

Paris4

proper noun

alternative Parise · alternative Pariset · alternative Parez · alternative Paresse · alternative Parisot · alternative Pariseau · alternative Parizeau · alternative Parris · alternative de Paris · alternative Parizot · alternative Parizet

  1. A French surname originating as a patronymic, ultimately from Latin Patricius.

Paris5

proper noun
  1. An English surname of Celtic origin, a variant of Parris.

Paris6

proper noun
  1. A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.

Paris7

proper noun
  1. A Sicilian surname, a variant of Parigi.

Paris8

proper noun
  1. A Spanish surname, a variant of Aparicio.

Origin

Paris · proper noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷer-
  2. Proto-Celtic*kʷaryos
  3. Transalpine Gaulish*parios“cauldron”
  4. LatinParīsiī
  5. Old FrenchParis
  6. Middle EnglishParys
  7. EnglishParis

From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Doublet of Parizh.

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Paris · proper noun

  1. Ancient GreekΠάρις
  2. Ancient GreekΠάρις
  3. EnglishParis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

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Translations

Afrikaans Parys
  • Paryscapital of France
Ancient Greek Λευκετία, Λουκοτοκία
  • Λευκετία (Leuketía)capital of France
  • Λουκοτοκία (Loukotokía)capital of France
  • Λουκετία (Louketía)capital of France
  • Λευκοτοκία (Leukotokía)capital of France
  • Πάρις (Páris)Trojan prince
Arabic بَارِيس, بَارِيز
  • بَارِيس (bārīs)capital of France
  • بَارِيز (bārīz)capital of France
  • باريس (bārīs)capital of France
  • پاريس (pārīs)capital of France
  • باريس (bārīs, pārīs)capital of France
  • بَارِيس (bārīs)cities in the U.S.
  • بَارِيس (bārīs)Trojan prince
Basque Paris, Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
  • ParisTrojan prince
Bengali প্যারিস
  • প্যারিস (pêriś)capital of France
Bulgarian Пари́ж, Па́рис
  • Пари́ж (Paríž)capital of France
  • Па́рис (Páris)cities in the U.S.
  • Па́рис (Páris)Trojan prince
Catalan París, Paris
  • Paríscapital of France
  • ParisTrojan prince
Chinese 巴黎
  • 巴黎 (Pa-lê)capital of France
Chinese Cantonese 巴黎
  • 巴黎 (baa¹ lai⁴)capital of France
Chinese Mandarin 巴黎, 帕里斯
  • 巴黎 (Bālí)capital of France
  • 帕里斯 (Pàlǐsī)cities in the U.S.
  • 帕里斯 (Pàlǐsī)Trojan prince
Czech Paříž, Paris
  • Pařížcapital of France
  • ParisTrojan prince
Danish Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
Dutch Parijs, Parijs
  • Parijscapital of France
  • ParijsTrojan prince
Esperanto Parizo
  • Parizocapital of France
Estonian Pariis
  • Pariiscapital of France
Finnish Pariisi, Pariisi
  • Pariisicapital of France
  • PariisiTrojan prince
French Paris, Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
  • Pariscities in the U.S.
  • ParisTrojan prince
  • PârisTrojan prince
German Paris, Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
  • Pariscities in the U.S.
  • ParisTrojan prince
Greek Παρίσι, Πάρις
  • Παρίσι (Parísi)capital of France
  • Πάρις (Páris)Trojan prince
  • Πάρης (Páris)Trojan prince
Hawaiian Palika
  • Palikacapital of France
Hebrew פָּרִיז, פאריס
  • פָּרִיז (pariz)capital of France
  • פאריס (paris)Trojan prince
Hindi पेरिस
  • पेरिस (peris)capital of France
Hungarian Párizs, Paris
  • Párizscapital of France
  • Pariscities in the U.S.
  • PariszTrojan prince
Icelandic París, París
  • Paríscapital of France
  • ParísTrojan prince
Indonesian Paris
  • ParisTrojan prince
Irish Páras, Páras
  • Párascapital of France
  • PárasTrojan prince
Italian Parigi, Paride
  • Parigicapital of France
  • ParideTrojan prince
Japanese パリ, パリス
  • パリ (Pari)capital of France
  • パリス (Parisu)cities in the U.S.
  • パリス (Parisu)Trojan prince
Korean 파리, 빠리
  • 파리 (Pari)capital of France
  • 빠리 (Ppari)capital of France
  • 파리스 (Pariseu)Trojan prince
Latin Parīsius, Lutetia Parisiorum
  • Parīsiuscapital of France
  • Lutetia Parisiorumcapital of France
  • Lutetiacapital of France
  • Lutetiacities in the U.S.
  • Pariscities in the U.S.
  • Paris (-idis)Trojan prince
Latvian Parīze
  • Parīzecapital of France
Lithuanian Paryžius, Paris
  • Paryžiuscapital of France
  • ParisTrojan prince
Malay Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
Māori Parī, Pariha
  • Parīcapital of France
  • ParihaTrojan prince
Norwegian Bokmål Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
Persian پاریس, پاریس
  • پاریس (pâris)capital of France
  • پاریس (pâris)Trojan prince
Polish Paryż, Parys
  • Paryżcapital of France
  • ParysTrojan prince
Portuguese Paris, Páris
  • Pariscapital of France
  • PárisTrojan prince
Punjabi ਪੈਰਿਸ, پَیرَس
  • ਪੈਰਿਸ (pairis)capital of France
  • پَیرَس (pairas)capital of France
Romanian Paris, Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
  • ParisTrojan prince
Russian Пари́ж, Па́рис
  • Пари́ж (Paríž)capital of France
  • Па́рис (Páris)cities in the U.S.
  • Пари́с (París)Trojan prince
Scottish Gaelic Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
Slovak Paríž, Paríž
  • Parížcapital of France
  • Parížcities in the U.S.
Spanish París, Paris
  • Paríscapital of France
  • ParisTrojan prince
Swahili Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
Swedish Paris, Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
  • ParisTrojan prince
Tagalog Paris, Páris
  • Pariscapital of France
  • PárisTrojan prince
Tamil பாரிஸ்
  • பாரிஸ் (pāris)capital of France
Thai ปารีส, ปารีส
  • ปารีส (bpaa-rîis)capital of France
  • ปารีส (bpaa-rîis)Trojan prince
Turkish Paris, Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
  • ParisTrojan prince
Ukrainian Пари́ж, Парі́с
  • Пари́ж (Parýž)capital of France
  • Парі́с (París)Trojan prince
Urdu پیرس
  • پیرس (pairis)capital of France
Vietnamese Pa-ri, Ba Lê
  • Pa-ricapital of France
  • Ba Lêcapital of France
  • Ba Lýcapital of France
Welsh Paris
  • Pariscapital of France
Yiddish פּאַריז
  • פּאַריז (pariz)capital of France

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with paris

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Sounds the same

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APA

paris. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paris

MLA

“paris.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paris. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paris,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paris.

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