Paris

See also: paris, parís, Páris, París, Parìs, pāris, päris, and paris.

Translingual

Paris quadrifolia

Etymology

From herb Paris, from French herbe paris, from Latin par (“equal”), in reference to the regularity of its leaves, petals, etc. See image.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Proper noun

Paris f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – herb Paris and its relatives, native to Asia and Europe.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Liliales - order; Melanthiaceae - family; Parideae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Paris quadrifolia - type species; for other species see Paris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

External links

• Paris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Paris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Paris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Paris at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Paris at Encyclopedia of Life
• Paris at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Paris at Tropicos

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹ.ɪs/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ɪs/

• Audio (US)

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• Audio

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• Homophone: Perris (in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Proper noun

Paris

1. (Greek mythology) A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.
2. A male given name from the Trojan hero.

Translations

Trojan prince

• Albanian: Parisi (sq) m
• Arabic: بَارِيس m (bārīs)
• Armenian: Պարիս (Paris)
• Azeri: Paris (az)
• Basque: Paris (eu)
• Belarusian: Пары́с m (Parýs)
• Bulgarian: Па́рис m (Páris)
• Catalan: Paris (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帕里斯 (Pàlǐsī)

• Czech: Paris (cs) m
• Dutch: Parijs (nl)
• Finnish: Pariisi (fi)
• French: Paris (fr) m
• Galician: París (gl)
• Georgian: ფარისი (parisi)
• German: Paris (de) m
• Greek: Πάρις (el) m (Páris), Πάρης (el) m (Páris)
• Hebrew: פאריס m (paris)
• Hungarian: Parisz
• Indonesian: Paris
• Irish: Páras m
• Italian: Paride (it) m
• Japanese: パリ (ja) (Pari)

• Korean: 파리스 (Pariseu)
• Latin: Paris m (-idis)
• Lithuanian: Paris (lt) m
• Macedonian: Париз (mk) m (Pariz)
• Maori: Pariha
• Occitan: Paris
• Persian: پاریس (fa) (pâris)
• Polish: Parys (pl) m
• Portuguese: Páris m
• Romanian: Paris (ro) m
• Russian: Пари́с (ru) m (París)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Париз m

  Roman: Pariz (sh) m

• Slovene: Paríz (sl) m
• Spanish: Paris (es) m
• Swedish: Paris (sv)
• Tagalog: Páris
• Thai: ปารีส (th) (bpaa-rîis)
• Turkish: Paris (tr)
• Ukrainian: Парі́с m (París)

Etymology 2

Original sense refers to the city in France. From Middle English Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum "Lutetia of the Parisii", from Latin Parisii, a Gaulish tribe.

Proper noun

Paris

1. The capital city of France.
2. Any place named after the French city.
3. A surname​ for someone who came from Paris, or a patronymic derived from Patrick.
4. A male given name from the surname.
5. A female given name of modern usage, usually from the French city.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Paris green
• Parisian
• Paris syndrome

• Paris white
• plaster of Paris

Translations

capital of France

• Afrikaans: Parys
• Albanian: Paris m
• Amharic: ፓሪስ (paris)
• Antillean Creole: Pari
• Arabic: بَارِيس f (bārīs), (archaic) بَارِيز f (bārīz)
• Aragonese: París m
• Armenian: Փարիզ (Pʿariz)
• Asturian: París
• Azeri: Paris (az)
• Bashkir: Париж (Pariž)
• Basque: Paris (eu)
• Belarusian: Пары́ж m (Parýž)
• Bengali: প্যারিস (pyaris)
• Breton: Pariz (br)
• Bulgarian: Пари́ж (bg) m (Paríž)
• Burmese: ပါရီ (pari)
• Catalan: París (ca) m
• Chechen: Париж (Pariž)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴黎 (zh) (Bālí)

• Chuvash: Парис (Paris)
• Cornish: Paris
• Corsican: Parighji f, Parigi f, Pariggi f
• Crimean Tatar: Paris
• Czech: Paříž (cs) f
• Danish: Paris (da) n
• Dutch: Parijs (nl) n
• Esperanto: Parizo (eo)
• Estonian: Pariis (et)
• Faroese: París m
• Finnish: Pariisi (fi)
• French: Paris (fr) m
• Galician: París (gl) m
• Georgian: პარიზი (ṗarizi)
• German: Paris (de) n
• Greek: Παρίσι (el) n (Parísi)
• Gujarati: પૅરિસ (pɛris)
• Hawaiian: Palika
• Hebrew: פָּרִיז (pariz)
• Hindi: पेरिस (peris)
• Hungarian: Párizs (hu)
• Icelandic: París (is) f
• Irish: Páras m
• Italian: Parigi (it) f
• Japanese: パリ (ja) (Pari) (巴里 (ja) (Pari) dated)
• Kalmyk: Париж (Pariž)
• Kannada: ಪ್ಯಾರಿಸ್ (kn) (pyāris)
• Kashubian: Pariz
• Kazakh: Париж (Parïj)
• Khmer: ប៉ារីស (km) (paariih)
• Korean: 파리 (Pari)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: Parîs (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Париж (Paric)
• Lao: ປາລີ (pā lī)
• Latin: Lutetia Parisiorum f
• Latvian: Parīze f
• Lithuanian: Paryžius (lt) m

• Lojban: paris.
• Luxembourgish: Paräis (lb)
• Macedonian: Париз (mk) m (Pariz)
• Malay: Paris
• Malayalam: പാരിസ് (pāris)
• Maltese: Pariġi
• Manx: Paarys m
• Maori: Parī
• Marathi: पॅरिस (pĕris)
• Mongolian: Парис (Paris)
• Nepali: पेरिस (perisa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Paris (no)

  Nynorsk: Paris

• Occitan: París (oc)
• Old Church Slavonic: Парижь (Parižĭ)
• Ossetian: Париж (Pariž)
• Persian: پاریس (fa) (pâris)
• Polish: Paryż (pl) m
• Portuguese: Paris (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਪੈਰਿਸ (pēris)
• Romanian: Paris (ro)
• Russian: Пари́ж (ru) m (Paríž)
• Samoan: Paris
• Samogitian: Parīžios
• Scottish Gaelic: Paris
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Париз m

  Roman: Pariz (sh) m

• Sinhalese: පැරිස් (pæris), පැරිසිය (pærisiya)
• Slovak: Paríž (sk) m
• Slovene: Paríz (sl) m
• Somali: Baariis
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Paris

  Upper Sorbian: Paris

• Spanish: París (es) m
• Swahili: Paris
• Swedish: Paris (sv) n
• Tagalog: Paris
• Tajik: Париж (Pariž)
• Tamil: பாரிஸ் (ta) (pāris)
• Tatar: Париж (tt) (Parij)
• Telugu: పారిస్ (pāris)
• Thai: ปารีส (th) (bpaa-rîis)
• Tibetan: པ་ལི་ (pa li )
• Turkish: Paris (tr)
• Turkmen: Pariž
• Udmurt: Париж (Pariž)
• Ukrainian: Пари́ж m (Parýž)
• Urdu: پیرس (peris)
• Uzbek: Parij
• Vietnamese: Pa-ri
• Welsh: Paris
• West Frisian: Parys
• Yakut: Париж (Parij)
• Yiddish: פּאַריז n (pariz)
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Paris

cities in the US

• French: Paris (fr) m
• German: Paris (de) n
• Hungarian: Paris (hu)
• Latin: Lutetia (la) f, Paris f

• Macedonian: Парис m (Paris)
• Russian: Па́рис (ru) m (Páris)
• Slovak: Paríž (sk) m

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: perfect · bright · scarcely · #732: Paris · expression · Duke · battle

Anagrams

• pairs, Parsi

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Catalan

Proper noun

Paris m

1. Paris

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Danish

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris, capital of France

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French

Etymology

From Old French Paris, from Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum "Lutetia of the Parisii", from Latin Parisii, a tribe of Gaul.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pa.ˈʁi/
• Homophone: pari

Proper noun

Paris m, f (mostly m)

1. Paris (in France)

   Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été - Paris is much less noisy in summer

   Paris est vraiment belle la nuit - Paris is really beautiful at night

Related terms

Related terms

• parigot
• Paris-Brest, paris-brest
• parisianiser, parisianisant, parisianisé
• parisianisme

• parisianite
• parisien
• parisine
• parisis

Descendants

• English: Paris, Paree

Anagrams

• pairs, prias, ripas

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iːs

Proper noun

Paris n (genitive Paris)

1. Paris

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Old French

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris (city)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈɾis/
• Rhymes: -is
• Homophone: paris

Proper noun

Paris f

1. Paris (the capital city of France)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Paris.

Derived terms

Terms derived from Paris

• gesso de Paris
• parisiano

• parisiense

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Romanian

Proper noun

Paris f

1. Paris, capital of France

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Slovak

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paris/

Proper noun

Paris m (genitive Parida) declension pattern chlap

1. (Greek mythology) Paris
2. A male given name from the Trojan hero.

Declension

Declension of Paris

	singulare tantum
nominative	Paris
genitive	Parida
dative	Paridovi
accusative	Parida
locative	Paridovi
instrumental	Paridom

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpa̠.ɾis]
• See also: París, parís, pares, paras, paros

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Proper noun

Paris m

1. (Greek mythology) Paris, the Trojan prince.

Anagrams

• pisar
• prisa

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːs

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris, capital of France
2. (Greek mythology) Paris, Trojan prince

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Tatar

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris

Declension

    declension of Paris

Nominative	Paris
Genitive	Parisnıñ
Dative	Parisga
Accusative	Parisnı
Locative	Parisda
Ablative	Parisdan

References

• Azatliq.org

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑːɾis]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ris

Proper noun

Paris

1. Paris

Declension

    declension of Paris

	singular	plural
nominative	Paris	Parisler / Paris'ler
accusative	Paris'i	Parisleri / Paris'leri
dative	Paris'e	Parislere / Paris'lere
locative	Paris'te	Parislerde / Paris'lerde
ablative	Paris'ten	Parislerden / Paris'lerden
genitive	Paris'in	Parislerin / Paris'lerin

Derived terms

• Parisli