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 singular, m (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.