Paris

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

Translingual

Paris quadrifolia

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 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
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

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹ.ɪs/
(General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ɪs/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (file)
Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation, NYC) -æɹɪs, (General American, Canada, Mary-marry-merry merger) -ɛɹɪs
Homophone: Perris (in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)

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.

Proper noun

Paris

The capital and largest city of France.
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A department of Île-de-France, France.
(metonymically) The government of France.
A locale named after the French city.
1. A hamlet in Jutland, Denmark.
2. A former settlement in Yukon, Canada.
3. A former settlement in Kiritimati, Kiribati.
4. A locale in the United States.
  1. A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Texas.
  2. A city, the county seat of Henry County, Tennessee.
  3. A city, the county seat of Edgar County, Illinois.
  4. A city, the county seat of Bourbon County, Kentucky.
  5. A town, the county seat of Oxford County, Maine.
  6. A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Logan County.
  7. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
  8. A city, the county seat of Bear Lake County, Idaho.
  9. An unincorporatedcommunity in Indiana.
  10. An unincorporatedcommunity in Iowa.
  11. An unincorporatedcommunity in New Hampshire.
  12. An unincorporatedcommunity in Ohio.
  13. An unincorporatedcommunity in Virginia.
5. Other places in the United States:
  1. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Missouri; named for the city in Kentucky.
  2. A town in New York; named for early benefactor Col. Isaac Paris.
  3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Oregon; named for postmaster G. E. Parris.
  4. A town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin; named for the town in New York.
  5. 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 transferred from the surname.
A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, usually from the French city.

Alternative forms

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

Derived terms

Paris green
Parisian
Parisianism[1]
Paris of the East
Paris syndrome
Paris white
plaster of Paris

Translations

capital of France

Afrikaans: Parys (af)
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), پاريس‎ f (pārīs)
Aragonese: París m
Armenian: Փարիզ (Pʿariz)
Asturian: París
Azerbaijani: Paris (az)
Bashkir: Париж (Parij)
Basque: Paris (eu)
Belarusian: Пары́ж m (Parýž)
Bengali: প্যারিস (bn) (pẏaris)
Breton: Pariz (br)
Bulgarian: Пари́ж (bg) m (Paríž)
Burmese: ပါရီ (pari)
Catalan: París (ca) m
Chechen: Париж (Pariž)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 巴黎 (baa¹ lai⁴)
Hakka: 巴黎 (Pâ-lì)
Mandarin: 巴黎 (zh) (Bālí)
Min Dong: 巴黎 (Bă-là̤)
Min Nan: 巴黎 (zh-min-nan) (Pa-lê)
Wu: 巴黎 (pa li)
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)
Farefare: Pari
Faroese: París m
Finnish: Pariisi (fi)
French: Paris (fr) m
Galician: París (gl) m
Georgian: პარიზი (ka) (ṗarizi)
German: Paris (de) n
Greek: Παρίσι (el) n (Parísi)
Ancient: Λευκετία f (Leuketía), Λουκοτοκία f (Loukotokía), Λουκετία (Louketía), Λευκοτοκία (Leukotokía)
Gujarati: પૅરિસ (pɛris)
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 (Parij)
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 (New Latin), Lutetia Parisiorum f, Lutetia (la) f (Contemporary 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
Maori: Parī
Marathi: पॅरिस (pĕris)
Middle English: Parys
Mongolian: Парис (Paris)
Nepali: पेरिस (peris)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Paris (no)
Nynorsk: Paris
Occitan: París (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: Парижь (Parižĭ)
Ossetian: Париж (Pariž)
Pashto: پاريس‎ (ps) m (рārís)
Persian: پاریس‎ (fa) (pâris)
Polish: Paryż (pl) m
Portuguese: Paris (pt) f
Punjabi: ਪੈਰਿਸ (pairis)
Romani: o Parìzo m
Romanian: Paris (ro)
Russian: Пари́ж (ru) m (Paríž)
Samoan: Paris
Samogitian: Parīžios
Scottish Gaelic: Paris
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Париз m
Roman: 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
Swahili: Paris
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 m (Parýž)
Urdu: پیرس‎ (peris)
Uyghur: پارىژ‎ (parizh)
Uzbek: Parij
Vietnamese: Pa-ri, Ba Lê (vi) (dated), Ba Lý
Welsh: Paris
West Flemish: Parys n
West Frisian: Parys n
Yakut: Париж (Parij)
Yiddish: פּאַריז‎ n (pariz)
Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Paris
Zhuang: Bahliz

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Arabic: بَارِيس‎ f (bārīs)
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)
Russian: Па́рис (ru) m (Páris)
Sicilian: Parisi f
Slovak: Paríž (sk) m

Etymology 2

Borrowed 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: 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)
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
Sicilian: Pàriti 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)

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

Proper noun

Paris

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

Proper noun

Paris

A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.

Proper noun

Paris

A Sicilian surname, a variant of Parigi.

Proper noun

Paris

A Spanish surname, a variant of Aparicio.

References

“Parisianism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

Pairs, Parsi, Ripas, pairs, raips

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Declension

Declension of Paris
	singular	plural
nominative	Paris	Parislər
definite accusative	Parisi	Parisləri
dative	Parisə	Parislərə
locative	Parisdə	Parislərdə
ablative	Parisdən	Parislərdən
definite genitive	Parisin	Parislərin

Possessive forms of Paris
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisim	Parislərim
sənin (“your”)	Parisin	Parislərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisi	Parisləri
bizim (“our”)	Parisimiz	Parislərimiz
sizin (“your”)	Parisiniz	Parisləriniz
onların (“their”)	Parisi or Parisləri	Parisləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisimi	Parislərimi
sənin (“your”)	Parisini	Parislərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisini	Parislərini
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizi	Parislərimizi
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizi	Parislərinizi
onların (“their”)	Parisini or Parislərini	Parislərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisimə	Parislərimə
sənin (“your”)	Parisinə	Parislərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisinə	Parislərinə
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizə	Parislərimizə
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizə	Parislərinizə
onların (“their”)	Parisinə or Parislərinə	Parislərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisimdə	Parislərimdə
sənin (“your”)	Parisində	Parislərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisində	Parislərində
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizdə	Parislərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizdə	Parislərinizdə
onların (“their”)	Parisində or Parislərində	Parislərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisimdən	Parislərimdən
sənin (“your”)	Parisindən	Parislərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisindən	Parislərindən
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizdən	Parislərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizdən	Parislərinizdən
onların (“their”)	Parisindən or Parislərindən	Parislərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Parisimin	Parislərimin
sənin (“your”)	Parisinin	Parislərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	Parisinin	Parislərinin
bizim (“our”)	Parisimizin	Parislərimizin
sizin (“your”)	Parisinizin	Parislərinizin
onların (“their”)	Parisinin or Parislərinin	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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa.ʁi/
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Homophones: pari, parie

Etymology 1

From Old French Paris, from Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia 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)
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
Synonym: (slang) Paname
Paris (a department of Île-de-France, France)

Derived terms

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

parigot
Paris-Brest, paris-brest
parisianiser, parisianisant, parisianisé
parisianisme
parisianite
parisien
parisine
parisis

Descendants

English: Paris, Paree

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, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille gascons, Orthez, per noste, 2003, →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/
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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

Pariser
parisisch

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) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ris/, [ˈpärɪs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ris/, [ˈpäːris]

Proper noun

Paris m

(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.

Case	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

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Old French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈris/

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of modern France)

Portuguese

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)

Usage notes

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Paris.

Derived terms

gesso de Paris
parisiano
parisiense

Romanian

Proper noun

Paris f

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈparis]

Proper noun

Paris m (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

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈriːs/
Rhymes: -iːs

Proper noun

Paris n (genitive Paris)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)
(Greek mythology) Paris, Trojan prince

Derived terms

parisare
parisisk
parisiska

Anagrams

prisa, ripas, sirap, spira

Tatar

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

Declension

declension of Paris

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

References

Azatliq.org

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
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

Walloon

Proper noun

Paris

Paris (the capital city of France)

Welsh

Proper noun

Paris f

Paris (the capital city of France)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Paris	Baris	Mharis	Pharis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

[1] “Parisianism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

[2] Michel Grosclaude, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille gascons, Orthez, per noste, 2003, →ISBN, page 205

Paris

Translingual

Etymology

Proper noun

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Translations

Proper noun

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Proper noun

Proper noun

Proper noun

References

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Declension

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Proper noun

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Further reading

References

Anagrams

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Further reading

Hausa

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Middle English

Proper noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Old French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Proper noun