paese

• Paese

From Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), from Latin pāgus (“village; district”). Compare Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish país; French pays; Venetan pajès; Friulian paîs; Istriot and Piedmontese pais; Sicilian pajisi.

• IPA^(key): /paˈe.ze/

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• Rhymes: -eze
• Hyphenation: pa‧é‧se

paese m (plural paesi)

1. country (nation)

   Synonym: Paese

2. village

   Synonyms: borgo, centro abitato

3. town

   Synonym: città

4. (obsolete) landscape

   Synonym: paesaggio

   • 1452–1519, Leonardo da Vinci, chapter 2, in Trattato della pittura, 58 — Precetti del pittore:

     E questo tal pittore fece tristissimi paesi.

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• Sometimes capitalized as Paese when used in the sense “country”.