Paris

Meaning

1. (feminine, masculine) Paris (the capital and largest city of France)
2. (feminine, masculine) Paris (a department of Île-de-France, France)

Concepts

Paris

París

paris

SS Paris

French capital

capital of France

genus Paris

City of Light

Synonyms

Panthéon

Paname

Panam

Translations

Paris

Paris

Parigi

París

Paris

Parijs

Lutetia

Παρίσι

París

باريس

Paris

París

Parîs

Paris

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pa.ʁi/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: Paris

Inherited from Latin: Parīsiī

Borrowed from Occitan: París

In summary

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.

Sentences

La scène se passe à Paris , de nos jours .

The scene takes place in Paris, nowadays.

À Paris , certains sont implantés directement sur les trottoirs .

In Paris, some are located directly on the sidewalks.

Il rêvait d’aller à Paris et de devenir peintre .

He dreamed of going to Paris and becoming a painter.

Un gangster , arrêté par la police , parvient à s'évader pendant son transfert vers Paris .

A gangster, arrested by the police, manages to escape during his transfer to Paris.

Mayenne avait promis de l'amener à Paris .

Mayenne had promised to bring him to Paris.

Sa famille émigre à Paris car son père refuse de prendre part aux pogroms .

His family emigrated to Paris because his father refused to take part in the pogroms.