paisan

See also: païsan

English

Noun

paisan (plural paisans)

  1. Alternative form of paisano
    • 1960, Lou Monte, Dominick the Donkey
      When Santa visits his paisans with Dominick he'll be, because the reindeers cannot climb the hills of Italy.

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From païs (“countryside”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pa.iˈzãn/

Noun

paisan m (oblique plural paisans, nominative singular paisans, nominative plural paisan)

  1. peasant (non-noble person)

Declension
  Declension of paisan  
Number Case Masculine Feminine
Singular Subject paisans paisane
Oblique paisan paisane
Plural Subject paisan paisanes
Oblique paisans paisanes

Synonyms

Descendants
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