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les pays
countries
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How do you say pays in French?
How do you pronounce pays in French?
pays is pronounced /le pei/ in French.
Example sentences
Le pays africain est très grand et riche en ressources naturelles.
The African country is very large and rich in natural resources.
Ce pays industrialisé a exporté ses nouveaux produits électroniques.
This industrialized country exported its new electronic products.
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Why is it masculine?
Pays is masculine because it derives from Latin "pagus" (a rural district or village), which was a masculine noun, and French retained the gender of its Latin source. The word's meaning evolved from a territorial subdivision to mean "country" or "region," but its masculine gender persisted through the transition from Latin to French.
What is the French word for countries?
The French word for countries is les pays — masculine.
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