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Paris
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Appendix:Variations of "paris"
Translingual
thumb|Paris quadrifolia species Paris quadrifolia
Etymology
From mul la herba Paris (Herba Paris), Paris herba, from mul la herba and mul la par equal, in reference to the regularity of its leaves, petals, etc. See image.
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Melanthiaceae herb Paris and its close relatives, native to Asia and Europe
Hypernyms
genus ; Parideae tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus Paris quadrifolia species type species; for other species see 1
References
Paris (genus) Paris 1
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English
<dab!>
Pronunciation
en /ˈpæɹɪs/ RP,AU,<<US>> <<nMmmm>>
en /ˈpaɹɪs/ SSB,Northern England
en /ˈpɛɹɪs/ GA,Canada,Mmmm
en en-us-Paris.ogg US,Mmmm
en En-Paris.ogg US,Mmmm
en /ˈpaɾɪs/ Scotland,Wales
en /ˈpɛɹɪs/ NZ
en æɹɪs 2
en Perris Mmmm
en /pəˈri/ rare, after French Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan Emily in Paris goes to Provence and other exotic locations First Class Magazine https://web.archive.org/web/20230201024620/https://www.firstclassmagazine.co/emily-in-paris-goes-to-provence-and-other-exotic-locations/ 28 December 2022 Emily in Paris (pronounced Paree – see it rhymes) is regaling us with even more incredible locations in season three including the Loire Valley and Provence.
Etymology 1
en City :inh enm:Parys<ety:bor<fro:Paris>>
From en enm Parys, enm Paris, from en fro Paris, from the la-lat - name of an earlier settlement, la Lutetia Parisiorum Lutetia of the Parisii, from en la Parīsiī, a en cel-gau - tribe, from en xtg *parios cauldron, from en cel-pro *kʷaryos, from en ine-pro *kʷer-. en Parizh.
Proper noun
en Q90en caplc c/France.
en 1996 Eldon Black Prologue: 1960-1967 Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974 https://archive.org/details/directinterventi0000blac/ w:Carleton University Press 0-88629-289-1 243884090 9 https://archive.org/details/directinterventi0000blac/page/9/ 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.
en Ashifa Kassam How remigration became a buzzword for global far right w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/03/how-remigration-became-a-buzzword-for-europes-far-right 2024-10-03 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250407194546/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/03/how-remigration-became-a-buzzword-for-europes-far-right
en dept r/Île-de-France c/France.
en metonym The government of France.
en locale named after the French city.
en hamlet r/Jutland c/Denmark.
en hamlet r/New Valley c/Egypt.
en former settlement territory/Yukon c/Canada.
en former settlement island/Kiritimati c/Kiribati.
en locale c/US.
en A <<city>> in <<s/Arkansas>>, <<c/USA>> and one of the two <<county seats>> of <<co/Logan County>>.
en Q984459en city/county seat co/Bear Lake County s/Idaho.
en city/county seat co/Edgar County s/Illinois.
en ucomm co/Jefferson County and co/Jennings County s/Indiana.
en ucomm co/Linn County s/Iowa.
en city/county seat co/Bourbon County s/Kentucky.
en town/county seat co/Oxford County s/Maine.
en ucomm charter township:Suf/Green co/Mecosta County s/Michigan.
en CDP co/Lafayette County s/Mississippi.
en Q960025en city/county seat co/Monroe County s/Missouri ; named for the city in Kentucky.
en ucomm in the towns of town/Dummer and town/Stark co/Coos County s/New Hampshire.
en town co/Oneida County s/New York ; named for early benefactor Col. Isaac Paris.en eponyms
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Stark County s/Ohio.
en ucomm co/Lane County s/Oregon ; named for postmaster G. E. Parris.
en CDP twp:Suf/Hanover co/Washington County s/Pennsylvania.
en Q830149en city/county seat co/Lamar County s/Texas.
en Q1018504en city/county seat co/Henry County s/Tennessee.
en ucomm co/Fauquier County s/Virginia.
en town co/Grant County s/Wisconsin.
en town/and/ucomm therein, in co/Kenosha County s/Wisconsin ; named for the town in New York.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Paris Township.
en community p/Ontario ; named for nearby gypsum deposits, used to make plaster of Paris (itself named for the city).
en English habitational Old French for someone from Paris.
en male place name.
en female place names modern, usually from the French city.
en Erin Griffith; David Yaffe-Bellany How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality w:The New York Times 2023-07-06 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/technology/tom-brady-crypto-ftx.html 0362-4331 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230720142558/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/technology/tom-brady-crypto-ftx.html
Alternative forms
capital city of France en Paree humorous deliberate misspelling
English habitational surname en Parish Parris Parrish Pares
Derived terms
en parisite Paristan New Paris Paris green Parisian ParisianismParisianism Paris line Paris of the East Paris syndrome Paris tea Paris white plaster of Paris,plaster-of-Paris Paris daisy South Paris West Paris
Descendants
ar بارِيس 1
zh 巴黎斯 1
hi पेरिस 1
ur پَیرِس pairis 1
Translations
capital of France
Afrikaans: af Parys
Akan: ak Paris
Albanian: sq Paris m
Amharic: am ፓሪስ, am ፓሪ en French form
Antillean Creole: gcf Pawi m
Arabic: ar بَارِيس f, archaic ar بَارِيز f
Gulf Arabic: afb باريس f bārīs, afb پاريس f pārīs
Hijazi Arabic: acw باريس f bārīs, pārīs
Aragonese: an París m
Armenian: hy Փարիզ
Asturian: ast París
Azerbaijani: az Paris, az Parij North Azerbaijani, less common
Bashkir: ba Париж
Basque: eu Paris
Belarusian: be Пары́ж m
Bengali: bn প্যারিস
Breton: br Pariz
Bulgarian: bg Пари́ж m
Burmese: my ပါရီ
Catalan: ca París m
Chechen: ce Париж
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 巴黎 baa1 lai4
Eastern Min: cdo 巴黎 Bă-là̤
Hakka: hak 巴黎 Pâ-lì
Hokkien: nan-hbl 巴黎 Pa-lê
Mandarin: cmn 巴黎 Bālí
Wu: wuu 巴黎
Chuvash: cv Парис, cv Париш, cv Париж
Cornish: kw Paris
Corsican: co Parighji f, co Parigi f, co Pariggi f
Crimean Tatar: crh Paris
Czech: cs Paříž f
Danish: da Paris n
Dutch: nl Parijs n
Esperanto: eo Parizo
Estonian: et Pariis
Farefare: gur Pari
Faroese: fo París m
Finnish: fi Pariisi
French: fr Paris m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Parys n
Galician: gl París m
Georgian: ka პარიზი
German: de Paris n
Greek: el Παρίσι n
Ancient Greek: grc Λευκετία f, grc Λουκοτοκία f, grc Λουκετία, grc Λευκοτοκία
Gujarati: gu પૅરિસ
Hausa: ha Paris f
Hawaiian: haw Palika
Hebrew: he פָּרִיז pariz
Hindi: hi पेरिस
Hungarian: hu Párizs
Icelandic: is París f
Irish: ga Páras m
Italian: it Parigi f
Japanese: ja パリ Pari (ja 巴里 Pari dated)
Kalmyk: xal Париж
Kannada: kn ಪ್ಯಾರಿಸ್
Kashubian: csb Pariz
Kazakh: kk Париж
Khmer: km ប៉ារីស
Korean: ko ^파리, ko ^빠리 North Korea
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Parîs
Kyrgyz: ky Париж
Lao: lo ປາລີ
Latin: la Parīsius m Medieval Latin, la Lutetia Parisiorum f, la Lutetia f Classical Latin
Latvian: lv Parīze f
Lithuanian: lt Paryžius m
Luxembourgish: lb Paräis
Macedonian: mk Париз m
Malay: ms Paris
Malayalam: ml പാരിസ്
Maltese: mt Pariġi
Manx: gv Paarys m
Māori: mi Parī
Marathi: mr पॅरिस
Middle English: enm Parys
Mongolian: mn Парис
Nepali: ne पेरिस
Northern Sotho: nso Paris
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Paris
Nynorsk: nn Paris
Occitan: oc París
Old Church Slavonic: cu Парижь
Ossetian: os Париж
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Париз m
Pashto: ps پاريس m pārís
Persian: fa پاریس pâris
Polish: pl Paryż m
Portuguese: pt Paris f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਪੈਰਿਸ m
Shahmukhi: pa پَیرَس m
Romani: rom Parìzo m o Parìzo
Romanian: ro Paris
Russian: ru Пари́ж m
Samoan: sm Paris
Samogitian: sgs Parīžios
Scottish Gaelic: gd Paris
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Париз m
Latin: sh Pariz m
Sicilian: scn Parisi f
Sinhalese: si පැරිස්, si පැරිසිය
Slovak: sk Paríž m
Slovene: sl Paríz m
Somali: so Baariis
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Paris
Upper Sorbian: hsb Paris
Spanish: es París m
Sranan Tongo: srn Pareisi
Swahili: sw Paris
Swedish: sv Paris n
Tagalog: tl Paris
Tajik: tg Париж, tg Порис
Tamil: ta பாரிஸ்
Tatar: tt Париж
Telugu: te పారిస్
Thai: th ปารีส
Tibetan: bo པ་ལི
Turkish: tr Paris
Turkmen: tk Pariž
Udmurt: udm Париж
Ukrainian: uk Пари́ж m
Urdu: ur پیرس pairis m
Uyghur: ug پارىژ
Uzbek: uz Parij
Vietnamese: vi Pa-ri, vi Ba Lê dated, vi Ba Lý
Walloon: wa Paris
Welsh: cy Paris
West Flemish: vls Parys n
Yakut: sah Париж
Yiddish: yi פּאַריז n
Yoruba: yo Paris
Zazaki: Southern Zazaki zza Paris
Zhuang: za Bahliz
cities in the U.S.
Arabic: ar بَارِيس f
Bulgarian: bg Па́рис m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 帕里斯 Pàlǐsī
French: fr Paris m
German: de Paris n
Hungarian: hu Paris
Japanese: ja パリス Parisu
Latin: la Lutetia f, la Paris f
Macedonian: mk Парис m
Marathi: mr पॅरिस
Russian: ru Па́рис m
Sicilian: scn Parisi f
Slovak: sk Paríž m
Etymology 2
en Hero :lbor grc:Πάρις + 1
Proper noun
en Greek mythology A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.
en male Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero.
Translations
Trojan prince
Albanian: sq Parisi m
Arabic: ar بَارِيس m
Armenian: hy Պարիս
Azerbaijani: az Paris
Basque: eu Paris
Belarusian: be Пары́с m
Bulgarian: bg Па́рис m
Catalan: ca Paris m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 帕里斯 Pàlǐsī
Czech: cs Paris m
Dutch: nl Parijs
Finnish: fi Pariisi
French: fr Paris m, fr Pâris m
Galician: gl París
Georgian: ka ფარისი
German: de Paris m
Greek: el Πάρις m, el Πάρης m
Ancient Greek: grc Πάρις m
Hebrew: he פאריס m paris
Hungarian: hu Parisz
Icelandic: is París m
Indonesian: id Paris
Irish: ga Páras m
Italian: it Paride m
Japanese: ja パリス Parisu
Korean: ko ^파리스
Latin: la Paris m (-idis)
Lithuanian: lt Paris m
Macedonian: mk Париз m
Māori: mi Pariha
Marathi: mr पॅरिस m, mr पारिस m
Occitan: oc Paris
Persian: fa پاریس pâris
Polish: pl Parys m
Portuguese: pt Páris m
Romanian: ro Paris m
Russian: ru Пари́с m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Париз m
Latin: sh Pariz m
Sicilian: scn Pàriti m
Slovene: sl Paríz m
Spanish: es Paris m
Swedish: sv Paris c
Tagalog: tl Páris
Thai: th ปารีส
Turkish: tr Paris
Ukrainian: uk Парі́с m
Etymology 3
en French surname
Proper noun
en French patronymics, ultimately from en la Patricius.
Alternative forms
en Parise Pariset Parez Paresse Parisot Pariseau Parizeau Parris de Paris Parizot Parizet
Derived terms
en Paris-Trousseau syndrome
Etymology 4
en English surname
Proper noun
en English of en cel origin, a variant of Parris.
Etymology 5
en Belgian surname
Proper noun
en Belgian, a variant of Parys.
Etymology 6
en Sicilian surname
Proper noun
en Sicilian, a variant of Parigi.
Etymology 7
en Spanish surname
Proper noun
en Spanish, a variant of Aparicio.
References
Anagrams
en aiprs Sapir Pairs raips Ripas pairs Parsi
en Trojan War
en unisex given names
Azerbaijani
az:
Парис پاریس
Alternative forms
az Parij mostly used by Russian speakers
Etymology
az Via Ottoman Turkish?
Pronunciation
az [pɑˈɾis]
Proper noun
no
az caplc c/France Paris
Declension
i c no
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn capital city c/France Paris
Danish
Etymology 1
From da fro Paris, from da la Lutetia Parīsiōrum.
Pronunciation
da [pʰɑˈʁiˀs]
Proper noun
da proper noun
da caplc c/France Paris
Etymology 2
From da grc Πάρις.
Pronunciation
da [ˈpʰɑːis]
Proper noun
da proper noun
da mythology Paris prince of Troy, abductor of Helen
French
fr:
Pronunciation
fr Fr-Paris.oga
fr Fr-Paris.ogg
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Paris.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Paris.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Paris.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Paris.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Paris.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr pari parie
Etymology 1
fr :inh frm:Paris<ety:bor<fro:Paris>> city
fr fro Paris, from fr la-lat - name of an earlier settlement, la Lutetia Parisiorum Lūtētia Parīsiōrum Lutetia of the Parisii, from fr la Parīsiī, a fr cel-gau - tribe.
Proper noun
mf (mostly m)
fr caplc c/France Paris
fr Paname slang
fr Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été Paris is much less noisy in summer
fr Paris est vraiment belle la nuit Paris is really beautiful at night
fr department r/Île-de-France c/France Paris
Derived terms
fr avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille circée de Paris Paris de l'Orient Paris des Antilles Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour syndrome de Paris
Related terms
fr parigot Paris-Brest,paris-brest parisianiser,parisianisant,parisianisé parisianisme parisianite parisien parisine parisis
Descendants
en Paris 1
zh 巴黎 1
Etymology 2
Partially from fr oc París and most generally from a variant of the given name fr Patrice; ultimately from fr la Patricius., page 205
Proper noun
mf
fr common
Further reading
, page 205
References
Anagrams
fr pairs, fr prias, fr ripas
fr surnames from Occitan
German
Etymology 1
From de gmh Pārīs, from de fro Paris. The modern form follows non-diphthongising dialects, obviously reinforced by Modern de fr -. The form de Pareis still survives dialectally; compare also lb Paräis, nl Parijs.
Pronunciation
de /paˈʁiːs/ dated also /paˈʁɪs/
de De-Paris.ogg
de iːs 2
Proper noun
toponym,':ens[rare]
de caplc c/France Paris
Alternative forms
de Pareis obsolete
Derived terms
de Klaa Paris
de Pariser
de parisisch
Etymology 2
From de la Paris, from de grc Πάρις.
Pronunciation
de /ˈpaːʁɪs/
Proper noun
m,':Paridis[learned]:-[with an article]
de Greek mythology en Paris
Further reading
Paris_Stadt_Hauptstadt
Paris_Sagengestalt
Hausa
Etymology
From ha en Paris.
Pronunciation
pār̃ìs
Proper noun
f Pār̃ìs
ha city c/France Paris
Latin
Etymology
la Paris :bor grc:Πάρις + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
((Paris/Parid<3>,Paris/Parid<3.Greek>)) m
la Greek mythology A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.
la male Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero
Declension
((Paris/Parid<3>,Paris/Parid<3.Greek>)) Paridem/Parin
Middle English
Proper noun
enm proper noun 1
enm Parys
Norwegian Bokmål
nb:
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb caplc c/France Paris
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn caplc c/France Paris
Old French
Etymology
fro :lbor la:Parīsiī
From the la-lat - name of an earlier settlement, la Lutetia Parisiorum Lutetia of the Parisii, from fro la Parīsiī, a fro cel-gau - tribe, from fro xtg *parios cauldron, from fro cel-pro *kʷaryos, from fro ine-pro *kʷer-.
Pronunciation
fro /paˈɾis/
Proper noun
no
fro caplc of modern c/France Paris
Descendants
frm Paris
fr Paris
dum Parijs 1
enm Parys 1
gmh 1 Pārīs
de Paris Pareis
Portuguese
Etymology 1
pt :inh roa-opt:Paris + 1
Alternative forms
pt París 1931
Pronunciation
pt is<a:Brazil> iʃ<a:Portugal,Rio de Janeiro> 2
pt Pa ris
Proper noun
f
pt French capital pt caplc c/France Paris
63 A tia que caiu no Sena Alda contou para o grupo que a tia Belinha tinha ido sozinha a Paris e lá conhecera um conde francês, ligeiramente arruinado e ligeiramente maluco, com quem tivera um tórrido caso de verão. Numa noite quente, dançando numa margem do Sena, depois de muitos copos de champanhe, os dois tinham tropeçado e...
Usage notes
Derived terms
pt gesso de Paris parisiano parisiense
Etymology 2
Proper noun
m
Páris
Romanian
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-Paris.wav
Proper noun
ro proper noun f
ro caplc c/France Paris
Slovak
Etymology
sk :bor grc:Πάρις + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr Parida chlap
sk Greek mythology en Paris
sk male Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero
Declension
Paris Parida Paridovi Parida Paridovi Paridom
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :bor grc:Πάρις + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es Greek mythology en Paris, the Trojan prince
See also
es París Paris (city)
Anagrams
es pisar
es prisa
Swedish
sv:
thumb|250px|Paris
Etymology 1
From sv fro Paris.
Pronunciation
sv /paˈriːs/
sv iːs 2
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Christoffre-Paris (stad).wav Småland
Proper noun
n
sv caplc c/France Paris
Derived terms
sv parisare parisisk parisiska
Etymology 2
From sv grc Πᾰ́ρῐς.
Pronunciation
sv /ˈpɑːrɪs/
sv ¹ɑːrɪs 2
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Christoffre-Paris (mytologi).wav Småland
Proper noun
c
sv Greek mythology Paris (Trojan prince)
References
saol
Svensk MeSH
Anagrams
sv aiprs prisa ripas sirap spira
Tatar
Proper noun
proper noun l
tt Parij tt caplc c/France Paris
tt 2003-01-17 tt:Fransiä, Ğiraqqa qarşı suğış İminlek Şurası fatixası belän genä başlana ala dip belderä lw:tt:Azatlıq radiosı https://www.azatliq.org/a/806073.html Ul bügen Parisda, qoral inspektorlarınıñ citäkçese Hans Blix belän oçraştı, https://web.archive.org/web/20250913135321/https://www.azatliq.org/a/806073.html 13 September 2025
tt 2003-01-30 tt:Kärim Kamal tt:Powellnıñ çığışı aldınnan BMOnıñ İminlek Şurasında Ğiraq mäs'äläsenä niçek qarıylar? lw:tt:Azatlıq radiosı https://www.azatliq.org/a/806282.html Läkin anıñ süzlärennän añlaşılğança, Paris asılda andıy ixtimalnı tulısınça kire qaqmıy. https://web.archive.org/web/20250604202519/https://www.azatliq.org/a/806282.html 4 June 2025
Declension
nıñ ga nı da dan
Turkish
Etymology
tr :inh ota:پارس<tr:paris><ety:uder<fr:Paris>> 2 1
Pronunciation
tr /paːɾis/
tr Pa ris
Proper noun
tr caplc c/France Paris
Declension
Derived terms
tr Parisli
Volapük
Etymology
From vo en Paris.
Pronunciation
vo /paˈris/
Proper noun
vo proper noun
vo Q90vo caplc c/France.
Declension
Further reading
vo
Walloon
Pronunciation
wa /pa.ʀi/
Proper noun
wa proper noun
wa capital city c/France Paris
Welsh
cy:
Pronunciation
cy /ˈparɪs/ cy-N
cy /ˈpa(ː)rɪs/ cy-S
cy arɪs 2
Proper noun
f
cy capital city c/France Paris
cy 1990 Yr Anhrefn Rhedeg i Paris Dial y Ddraig Rhedeg i fyny ac i lawr / Rhedeg i Paris / Rhedeg i ffwrdd i ddod yn ôl / Dw i'n rhedeg i Paris. Running up and down / Running to Paris / Running away to come back / I'm running to Paris
Derived terms
cy Parisaidd Parisiad
Mutation