paisano
English
Alternative forms
- paisan
Etymology
From Neapolitan and Spanish paisano, Italian paesano, French paysan. Doublet of peasant.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /paɪˈzɑ.noʊ/, /paɪˈsɑ.noʊ/
Noun
paisano (plural paisanos)
- Among Italian Americans and Americans of Italian descent: a fellow Italian or Italian-American; a fellow ethnic Italian.
- A native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.
- (US, Southwestern US) A roadrunner.
- about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito
- Within a very few minutes the cattleman was mounted and away. Paisano, well named after that ungainly but swift-running bird, struck into his long lope that ate up the ground like a strip of macaroni.
- about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito
Anagrams
- anopias, anopsia
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish paisano, from Old French païsan, from Latin pagus (“countryside”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧i‧sa‧no
Noun
paisano
- a fellow countryman; a compatriot
Neapolitan
Noun
paisano
- a fellow countryman or compatriot
Spanish
Etymology
From Old French païsan, itself from Latin pagus (“countryside”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paiˈsano/ [pai̯ˈsa.no]
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: pai‧sa‧no
Noun
paisano m (plural paisanos, feminine paisana, feminine plural paisanas)
- a fellow countryman
- a peasant (someone who lives in the countryside)
- (Jewish) a fellow Jew
Derived terms
- de paisano
Related terms
- paisanaje
Further reading
- “paisano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014