païsan

See also: paisan

Occitan

Etymology

From país with the suffix -an.

Noun

païsan m (plural païsans, feminine païsana, feminine plural païsanas)

  1. farmer
  2. peasant

Old French

Noun

païsan oblique singularm (oblique plural païsans, nominative singular païsans, nominative plural païsan)

  1. alternative form of paisan

Usage notes

  • Diaereses are used by some, but not all scholars, to show that two or more vowels do not constitute a diphthong or triphthong. See Appendix:Old French spellings for more information.