paris

1. 1.

   the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce

   SynonymsCity of LightFrench capitalcapital of France

   Broadernational capital

   Part ofFrance

   PartsBastilleEiffel TowerLouvreParis UniversityTuileriesLeft Bank
2. 2.

   sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae

   Synonymsgenus Paris

   Broaderplant genus

   Part ofLiliaceae
3. 3.

   (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War

   Broadermythical being

   Greek mythology

4. 4.

   a town in northeastern Texas

   Broadertown

   Part ofTexas

Other forms of paris

plural

parises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about paris

What does paris mean?

paris means "the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in paris?

paris has 2 syllables: par-is. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹɪs/.

What is another word for paris?

Close synonyms include City of Light, French capital, capital of France, genus Paris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paris a common word?

paris is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.