peis

• pais

From Middle Dutch pais, borrowed from Old French pais, from Latin pax, from Proto-Italic *pāks, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ḱ-s (“peace”). Cognate to English peace and French paix.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛi̯s/

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peis f (uncountable)

1. (archaic outside of set phrases) peace

   Synonym: vrede

• peis en vree

• pies, spie

• pëis

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

peis m (plural peisc)

1. weight

• pais (Jersey)

From Old French peis, pois, from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

peis m (plural peis)

1. (Guernsey) pea
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 512:

     Si nou lli dounne ùn peis i' prend une faïve.

     If you give him a pea, he'll take a bean.

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peis m (definite singular peisen, indefinite plural peiser, definite plural peisene)

1. a fireplace (equipped with a chimney to funnel smoke away)

• ildsted

• peiskos

• “peis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• peish (Gascony)

Inherited from Latin piscem.

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peis m (plural peisses)

1. fish (a cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water)

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 507.
• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[2], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 728.

See pais.

peis oblique singular, f (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)

1. Alternative form of pais

See pois.

peis oblique singular, m (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)

1. Alternative form of pois (“weight”)

See pois.

peis oblique singular, m (oblique plural peis, nominative singular peis, nominative plural peis)

1. Alternative form of pois (“peas”)

peis m pl

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) plural of pe
2. (Puter, Vallader) plural of pè
3. (Sursilvan) plural of pei

From pei +‎ -s.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /peis/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /peiz/

peis

1. plural of pei