🇫🇷 How to say

“country” in French

pays
Illustration of "country" in a French cultural setting
A traveler looks at a large world map on a wall, their finger tracing a route across the green and brown shapes of diffe…

Usage note

"Pays" is the basic word for country and is used just like its English equivalent. It can mean both a nation-state and, more generally, one's homeland or native region.

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