Paris

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

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Translingual

Etymology

From Latin herba Paris (Herba Paris), Paris herba, from Latin herba and Latin par (“equal”), in reference to the regularity of its leaves, petals, etc. See image.

Proper noun

Paris f

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

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Liliales – order; Melanthiaceae – family; Parideae – tribe

Hyponyms

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

References

Paris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Paris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Paris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Paris at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Paris at Germplasm Resources Information Network
Paris at Tropicos

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, Australia, US without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹɪs/
(Standard Southern British, Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɹɪs/
(General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹɪs/
- Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger): (file)
- Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger): (file)
(Scotland, Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾɪs/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹɪs/
Rhymes: -æɹɪs
Homophone: Perris (Mary–marry–merry merger)
(rare, after French) IPA^(key): /pəˈri/^[1]

Etymology 1

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.

Proper noun

Paris

The capital and largest city of France.
- 1996, Eldon Black, “Prologue: 1960-1967”, in Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974‎^[2], Carleton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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.
- 2024 October 3, Ashifa Kassam, “How remigration became a buzzword for global far right”, in The Guardian‎^[3], archived from the original on 7 April 2025:
  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.
A department of Île-de-France, France.
(metonymic) The government of France.
A locale named after the French city.
1. A hamlet in Jutland, Denmark.
2. A hamlet in New Valley, Egypt.
3. A former settlement in Yukon, Canada.
4. A former settlement in Kiritimati, Kiribati.
5. A locale in the United States.
  1. A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Logan County.
  3. A city, the county seat of Bear Lake County, Idaho.
  4. A city, the county seat of Edgar County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County and Jennings County, Indiana.
  6. An unincorporated community in Linn County, Iowa.
  7. A city, the county seat of Bourbon County, Kentucky.
  8. A town, the county seat of Oxford County, Maine.
  9. An unincorporated community in Green Charter Township, Mecosta County, Michigan.
  10. A census-designated place in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
  12. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Missouri; named for the city in Kentucky.
  13. An unincorporated community in the towns of Dummer and Stark, Coos County, New Hampshire.
  14. A town in Oneida County, New York; named for early benefactor Col. Isaac Paris.
  15. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Stark County, Ohio.
  16. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon; named for postmaster G. E. Parris.
  17. A census-designated place in Hanover Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  19. A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Texas.
  21. A city, the county seat of Henry County, Tennessee.
  22. An unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia.
  23. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
  24. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin; named for the town in New York.
  25. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Paris Township.
A community in Ontario; named for nearby gypsum deposits, used to make plaster of Paris (itself named for the city).
An English habitational surname from Old French for someone from Paris.
A male given name from place name.
A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, usually from the French city.
- 2023 July 6, Erin Griffith, David Yaffe-Bellany, “How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 July 2023:
  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.

Alternative forms

(capital city of France): Paree (humorous, deliberate misspelling)
(English habitational surname): Parish, Parris, Parrish, Pares

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Arabic: بارِيس (bārīs), بَارِيز (bārīz) — dated, پَارِيس (pārīs) — rare
- → Afar: Baaríis
- → Somali: Baaríis
→ Chinese: 巴黎斯 (Bālísī)
→ Hindi: पेरिस (peris)
→ Urdu: پَیرِس (pairis)
- → Punjabi: پَیرَس (pairas)

Translations

capital of France

Afrikaans: Parys (af)
Akan: Paris
Albanian: Paris m
Amharic: ፓሪስ (paris), ፓሪ (pari) (French form)
Antillean Creole: Pawi m
Arabic: بَارِيس f (bārīs), (archaic) بَارِيز f (bārīz)
Gulf Arabic: باريس f (bārīs), پاريس f (pārīs)

Hijazi Arabic: باريس f (bārīs, pārīs)
Aragonese: París m
Armenian: Փարիզ (Pʻariz)
Asturian: París (ast)
Azerbaijani: Paris (az), Parij (North Azerbaijani, less common)
Bashkir: Париж (Parij)
Basque: Paris (eu)
Belarusian: Пары́ж m (Parýž)
Bengali: প্যারিস (bn) (pêriś)
Breton: Pariz (br)
Bulgarian: Пари́ж (bg) m (Paríž)
Burmese: ပါရီ (pari)
Catalan: París (ca) m
Chechen: Париж (Pariž)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 巴黎 (baa¹ lai⁴)

Eastern Min: 巴黎 (Bă-là̤)

Hakka: 巴黎 (Pâ-lì)

Hokkien: 巴黎 (zh-min-nan) (Pa-lê)

Mandarin: 巴黎 (zh) (Bālí)

Wu: 巴黎
Chuvash: Парис (Paris), Париш (Pariš), Париж (Pariž)
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)
Farefare: Pari
Faroese: París m
Finnish: Pariisi (fi)
French: Paris (fr) m
Frisian:
West Frisian: Parys (fy) n
Galician: París (gl) m
Georgian: პარიზი (ka) (ṗarizi)
German: Paris (de) n
Greek: Παρίσι (el) n (Parísi)
Ancient Greek: Λευκετία f (Leuketía), Λουκοτοκία f (Loukotokía), Λουκετία (Louketía), Λευκοτοκία (Leukotokía)
Gujarati: પૅરિસ (pěris)
Hausa: Paris f
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 (Parizh)
Kannada: ಪ್ಯಾರಿಸ್ (kn) (pyāris)
Kashubian: Pariz
Kazakh: Париж (Parıyj)
Khmer: ប៉ារីស (km) (paariih)
Korean: 파리 (ko) (Pari), 빠리 (ko) (Ppari) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Parîs (ku)
Kyrgyz: Париж (Parij)
Lao: ປາລີ (pā lī)
Latin: Parīsius m (Medieval Latin), Lutetia Parisiorum f, Lutetia (la) f (Classical Latin)
Latvian: Parīze f
Lithuanian: Paryžius (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Paräis (lb)
Macedonian: Париз (mk) m (Pariz)
Malay: Paris
Malayalam: പാരിസ് (pārisŭ)
Maltese: Pariġi
Manx: Paarys m
Māori: Parī
Marathi: पॅरिस (pĕris)
Middle English: Parys
Mongolian: Парис (Paris)
Nepali: पेरिस (peris)
Northern Sotho: Paris
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Paris (no)

Nynorsk: Paris
Occitan: París (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: Парижь (Parižĭ)
Ossetian: Париж (Pariž)
Pannonian Rusyn: Париз m (Pariz)
Pashto: پاريس (ps) m (pārís)
Persian: پاریس (fa) (pâris)
Polish: Paryż (pl) m
Portuguese: Paris (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਪੈਰਿਸ m (pairis)

Shahmukhi: پَیرَس m (pairas)
Romani: o Parìzo m
Romanian: Paris (ro)
Russian: Пари́ж (ru) m (Paríž)
Samoan: Paris
Samogitian: Parīžios
Scottish Gaelic: Paris
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Париз m

Latin: Pariz (sh) m
Sicilian: Parisi f
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
Sranan Tongo: Pareisi
Swahili: Paris (sw)
Swedish: Paris (sv) n
Tagalog: Paris
Tajik: Париж (Pariž), Порис (Poris)
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 (uk) m (Parýž)
Urdu: پیرس m (pairis)
Uyghur: پارىژ (parizh)
Uzbek: Parij
Vietnamese: Pa-ri, Ba Lê (vi) (dated), Ba Lý
Walloon: Paris (wa)
Welsh: Paris (cy)
West Flemish: Parys n
Yakut: Париж (Parizh)
Yiddish: פּאַריז n (pariz)
Yoruba: Paris
Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Paris
Zhuang: Bahliz

cities in the U.S.

Arabic: بَارِيس f (bārīs)
Bulgarian: Па́рис m (Páris)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 帕里斯 (Pàlǐsī)
French: Paris (fr) m
German: Paris (de) n
Hungarian: Paris (hu)
Japanese: パリス (Parisu)
Latin: Lutetia (la) f, Paris f
Macedonian: Парис m (Paris)
Marathi: पॅरिस (pĕris)
Russian: Па́рис (ru) m (Páris)
Sicilian: Parisi f
Slovak: Paríž (sk) m

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Proper noun

Paris

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

Translations

Trojan prince

Albanian: Parisi (sq) m
Arabic: بَارِيس m (bārīs)
Armenian: Պարիս (hy) (Paris)
Azerbaijani: 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, Pâris (fr) m
Galician: París (gl)
Georgian: ფარისი (parisi)
German: Paris (de) m
Greek: Πάρις (el) m (Páris), Πάρης (el) m (Páris)
Ancient Greek: Πάρις m (Páris)
Hebrew: פאריס m (paris)
Hungarian: Parisz
Icelandic: París (is) m
Indonesian: Paris
Irish: Páras m
Italian: Paride (it) m
Japanese: パリス (Parisu)
Korean: 파리스 (Pariseu)
Latin: Paris m (-idis)
Lithuanian: Paris (lt) m
Macedonian: Париз (mk) m (Pariz)
Māori: Pariha
Marathi: पॅरिस m (pĕris), पारिस m (pāris)
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

Latin: Pariz (sh) m
Sicilian: Pàriti m
Slovene: Paríz (sl) m
Spanish: Paris (es) m
Swedish: Paris (sv) c
Tagalog: Páris
Thai: ปารีส (th) (bpaa-rîis)
Turkish: Paris (tr)
Ukrainian: Парі́с m (París)

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Paris

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

Alternative forms

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

Derived terms

Paris-Trousseau syndrome

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Paris

An English surname of Celtic origin, a variant of Parris.

Etymology 5

Proper noun

Paris

A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.

Etymology 6

Proper noun

Paris

A Sicilian surname, a variant of Parigi.

Etymology 7

Proper noun

Paris

A Spanish surname, a variant of Aparicio.

References

^ Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan (28 December 2022), “Emily in Paris goes to Provence and other exotic locations”, in First Class Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 February 2023: “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.”
^ “Parisianism”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

Sapir, Pairs, raips, Ripas, pairs, Parsi

Azerbaijani

Azerbaijani Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia ^az

Other scripts
Cyrillic		Парис
Arabic		پاریس

Alternative forms

Parij (mostly used by Russian speakers)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Via Ottoman Turkish?”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɑˈɾis]

Proper noun

Paris (definite accusative Parisi)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Declension

Declension of *Paris*
	singular
nominative	Paris
definite accusative	Parisi
dative	Parisə
locative	Parisdə
ablative	Parisdən
definite genitive	Parisin

Possessive forms of *Paris*
	nominative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Parisim
sənin (“your”)	Parisin
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisi
bizim (“our”)	Parisimiz
sizin (“your”)	Parisiniz
onların (“their”)	Parisi or Parisləri

	accusative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Parisimi
sənin (“your”)	Parisini
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisini
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizi
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizi
onların (“their”)	Parisini or Parislərini

	dative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Parisimə
sənin (“your”)	Parisinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisinə
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizə
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizə
onların (“their”)	Parisinə or Parislərinə

	locative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Parisimdə
sənin (“your”)	Parisində
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisində
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizdə
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizdə
onların (“their”)	Parisində or Parislərində

	ablative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Parisimdən
sənin (“your”)	Parisindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisindən
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizdən
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizdən
onların (“their”)	Parisindən or Parislərindən

	genitive
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Parisimin
sənin (“your”)	Parisinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisinin
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizin
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizin
onların (“their”)	Parisinin or Parislərinin

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital city of France)

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old French Paris, from Latin Lutetia Parīsiōrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pʰɑˈʁiˀs]

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpʰɑːis]

Proper noun

Paris

(mythology) Paris (prince of Troy, abductor of Helen)

French

Paris on French Wikipedia

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa.ʁi/
Audio: (file)
Audio: (file)
Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)): (file)
Audio (France (Paris)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Homophones: pari, parie

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French Paris, from Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lūtētia Parīsiōrum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe.

Proper noun

Paris m or f (mostly m)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)
Synonym: (slang) Paname

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
Paris (a department of Île-de-France, France)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: Paris, Paree (humorous, deliberate misspelling), Parish, Parris, Parrish, Pares
- → Arabic: بارِيس (bārīs), بَارِيز (bārīz) — dated, پَارِيس (pārīs) — rare
  - → Afar: Baaríis
  - → Somali: Baaríis
- → Chinese: 巴黎斯 (Bālísī)
- → Hindi: पेरिस (peris)
- → Urdu: پَیرِس (pairis)
  - → Punjabi: پَیرَس (pairas)
→ Chinese: 巴黎 (Bālí)
- → Zhuang: Bahliz

Etymology 2

Partially from Occitan París and most generally from a variant of the given name Patrice; ultimately from Latin Patricius.^[1]

Proper noun

Paris m or f

a common surname

References

^ Michel Grosclaude (2003), Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille gascons (in French), Orthez: Per Noste, →ISBN, page 205

Anagrams

pairs, prias, ripas

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German Pārīs, from Old French Paris. The modern form follows non-diphthongising dialects, obviously reinforced by Modern French. The form Pareis still survives dialectally; compare also Luxembourgish Paräis, Dutch Parijs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈʁiːs/, (dated also) /paˈʁɪs/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -iːs

Proper noun

Paris n (proper noun, genitive Paris' or (rare) Parisens or (with an article) Paris)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Alternative forms

Pareis (obsolete)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin Paris, from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpaːʁɪs/

Proper noun

Paris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Paris' or (learned) Paridis or (with an article) Paris)

(Greek mythology) Paris

Hausa

Etymology

From English Paris.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /páː.rìs/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [páː.rɪ̀s]

Proper noun

Pār̃ìs f

Paris (a city in France)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.rɪs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.ris]

Proper noun

Paris m sg (genitive Paridis or Paridos); third declension

(Greek mythology) A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.
a male given name from Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero

Declension

Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Paris
genitive	Paridis Paridos
dative	Paridī
accusative	Paridem Parin
ablative	Paride
vocative	Paris Pari¹

¹In poetry.

Middle English

Proper noun

Paris

alternative form of Parys

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia ^nb

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Old French

Etymology

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-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈɾis/

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of modern France)

Descendants

Middle French: Paris
- French: Paris
  - → English: Paris, Paree (humorous, deliberate misspelling), Parish, Parris, Parrish, Pares
    - → Arabic: بارِيس (bārīs), بَارِيز (bārīz) — dated, پَارِيس (pārīs) — rare
      - → Afar: Baaríis
      - → Somali: Baaríis
    - → Chinese: 巴黎斯 (Bālísī)
    - → Hindi: पेरिस (peris)
    - → Urdu: پَیرِس (pairis)
      - → Punjabi: پَیرَس (pairas)
  - → Chinese: 巴黎 (Bālí)
    - → Zhuang: Bahliz
→ Middle Dutch: Parijs
- Dutch: Parijs
- Limburgish: Peries
→ Middle English: Parys, Parez, Paris, parise, Parissh, Paryss, Parysch, Perase
- English: Paris
- Scots: Paris, Pairis
→ Middle High German: Pārīs
- German: Paris, Pareis

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Paris.

Alternative forms

París (1931-prescribed spelling)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paˈɾiʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾiʃ/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
Hyphenation: Pa‧ris

Proper noun

Paris f

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)
- 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A tia que caiu no Sena”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 63:
  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...
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

Paris is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Paris m

prescribed spelling of Páris under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented

Romanian

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Proper noun

Paris f

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paris/, [ˈparis]
Rhymes: -aris
Hyphenation: Pa‧ris

Proper noun

Paris m pers (genitive singular Parida, declension pattern of chlap)

(Greek mythology) Paris
a male given name from Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero

Declension

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

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾis/ [ˈpa.ɾis]
Rhymes: -aɾis
Syllabification: Pa‧ris

Proper noun

Paris m

(Greek mythology) Paris, the Trojan prince

Anagrams

pisar
prisa

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology 1

From Old French Paris.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈriːs/
Rhymes: -iːs
Audio (Småland): (file)

Proper noun

Paris n (genitive Paris)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Πᾰ́ρῐς (Pắrĭs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːrɪs/
Rhymes: -¹ɑːrɪs
Audio (Småland): (file)

Proper noun

Paris c (genitive Paris)

(Greek mythology) Paris (Trojan prince)

References

“Paris”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

prisa, ripas, sirap, spira

Tatar

Proper noun

Paris

nonstandard spelling of Parij (“Paris (the capital and largest city of France)”)
- 2003 January 17, “Fransiä, Ğiraqqa qarşı suğış İminlek Şurası fatixası belän genä başlana ala dip belderä”, in Azatlıq radiosı‎^[6]:
  Ul bügen Parisda, qoral inspektorlarınıñ citäkçese Hans Blix belän oçraştı, […]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2003 January 30, Kärim Kamal, “Powellnıñ çığışı aldınnan BMOnıñ İminlek Şurasında Ğiraq mäs'äläsenä niçek qarıylar?”, in Azatlıq radiosı‎^[7]:
  Läkin anıñ süzlärennän añlaşılğança, Paris asılda andıy ixtimalnı tulısınça kire qaqmıy.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of **Paris**
nominative	Paris
genitive	Parisnıñ
dative	Parisga
accusative	Parisnı
locative	Parisda
ablative	Parisdan

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پارس (paris), from French Paris.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːɾis/
Hyphenation: Pa‧ris

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Declension

Declension of *Paris*
	singular	plural
nominative	Paris	Parisler / Paris'ler
definite 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

Volapük

Etymology

From English Paris.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈris/

Proper noun

Paris

the capital and largest city of France.

Declension

Declension of *Paris*
	Singular
Nominative	Paris
Genitive	Parisa
Dative	Parise
Accusative	Parisi
Predicative¹	Parisu
Vocative	o Paris

Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Walloon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa.ʀi/

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital city of France)

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

Paris

Wikipedia ^cy

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈparɪs/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpa(ː)rɪs/
Rhymes: -arɪs

Proper noun

Paris f

Paris (the capital city of France)
- 1990, Yr Anhrefn, “Rhedeg i Paris”, in 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

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Paris*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Paris	Baris	Mharis	Pharis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

[1] Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan (28 December 2022), “Emily in Paris goes to Provence and other exotic locations”, in First Class Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 February 2023: “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.”

[2] “Parisianism”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

[3] Michel Grosclaude (2003), Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille gascons (in French), Orthez: Per Noste, →ISBN, page 205

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English

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Azerbaijani

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Central Nahuatl

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Danish

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French

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Etymology 1

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German

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Hausa

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Latin

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