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/pe.i/
Translation
country
Word origin
From Late Latin pagensis ('inhabitant of a district'), from Latin pagus ('country district, rural area'). The English 'peasant' and 'pagan' share the root pagus.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pagensis
- English cognates
- peasant, pagan
Grammar
Examples
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She has travelled to more than twenty different countries.
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The country is going through a period of major changes.
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He loves his country but chooses to live there differently.
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I'd like to visit this country at least once.
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Every country has its own dishes and its own festivals.
Where this fits
Used in
Grammar articles
(8)Conjugating French -ir Verbs in the Present Tense
Conjugating French -re Verbs in the Present Tense
Infinitive or Subjunctive: The French Same-Subject Rule
French Noun Gender: Why Every Noun Is Le or La, and the Endings That Give It Away
French Prepositions: à, de, en, dans, sur, chez and the Mandatory Contractions
French Superlatives: le plus, le moins, and the Irregulars
French Time Expressions: depuis, pendant, il y a and pour
The French Passive Voice (la voix passive)
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