"Pays-Bas" meaning in All languages combined

See Pays-Bas on Wiktionary

Proper name [French]

IPA: /pɛ.i.ba/, /pɛ.i.bɑ/, /pe.i.ba/, /pe.i.bɑ/ Audio: Fr-Pays-Bas.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Pays-Bas.wav [France, Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Pays-Bas.wav [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Pays-Bas.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: les Pays-Bas [canonical, masculine, plural]
Etymology: From pays (“land, country”) + bas (“low, nether”), a calque of Dutch Nederland. Compare the obsolete borrowing Néerlande. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|pays|bas|t1=land, country|t2=low, nether}} pays (“land, country”) + bas (“low, nether”), {{calque|fr|nl|Nederland|nocap=1}} calque of Dutch Nederland Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|m-p|head=les Pays-Bas}} les Pays-Bas m pl (plural only)
  1. Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium) Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-Pays-Bas-fr-name-JvzEswwZ Categories (other): Netherlands
  2. Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (place): Countries in Europe
    Sense id: en-Pays-Bas-fr-name-ELoQdsfq Categories (other): Netherlands, French entries with incorrect language header, French exonyms, French pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of French exonyms: 27 73 Disambiguation of French pluralia tantum: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76
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    ],
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      "bas",
      "bas#French"
    ],
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      "Nederland#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "Néerlande",
      "Néerlande#French"
    ]
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      "name": "af"
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      },
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
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        }
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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          "Western Europe#English"
        ],
        [
          "Germany",
          "Germany"
        ],
        [
          "Belgium",
          "Belgium"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "place",
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            "Places"
          ],
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          "_dis": "27 73",
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          "name": "French exonyms",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French pluralia tantum",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        },
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      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "Netherlands",
          "Netherlands#English:_Q29999"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "Western Europe",
          "Western Europe#English"
        ],
        [
          "constituent countries",
          "constituent country"
        ],
        [
          "Netherlands",
          "Netherlands"
        ],
        [
          "Aruba",
          "Aruba"
        ],
        [
          "Curaçao",
          "Curaçao"
        ],
        [
          "Sint Maarten",
          "Sint Maarten"
        ],
        [
          "Kingdom of the Netherlands",
          "Kingdom of the Netherlands"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛ.i.ba/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛ.i.bɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe.i.ba/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe.i.bɑ/"
    },
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Paris"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    "French compound terms",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French exonyms",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French multiword terms",
    "French pluralia tantum",
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    "French terms calqued from Dutch",
    "French terms derived from Dutch",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    ],
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      "Nederland#Dutch"
    ],
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      "Néerlande",
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    ]
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  ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      ],
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          "Curaçao",
          "Curaçao"
        ],
        [
          "Sint Maarten",
          "Sint Maarten"
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          "Kingdom of the Netherlands"
        ]
      ],
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      "ipa": "/pɛ.i.ba/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛ.i.bɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe.i.ba/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe.i.bɑ/"
    },
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}

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