"Les Pays Bas" translates to "the Low Countries" in English. It refers to the region comprising Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
French speaking countries
"Les drapeaux de pays francophone" translates to "Flags of French-speaking countries" in English.
The word 'les pays' means countries. In the word-by-word translation, the definite article 'les' means 'the'. And the noun 'pays' means 'countries'. The form of the noun is the same in the singular ['pays'] and in the plural ['pays'].
"Les souliers" means "the shoes" in English.
Down with in french is "à bas.." à bas les aristocrates ! : Down with the aristocrats !
Netherlands are properly called "les Pays-Bas" in Frenhc. In spoken French, "la Hollande" is commonly used to mean 'Netherlands', despite being only part - and not the whole - of it.
Les Pays-Bas
"The Low Countries" is a literal English equivalent of the French phrase Les Pays-Bas. The masculine plural proper name most famously references the country known as Holland or Netherlands. The pronunciation will be "ley pa-ee-ba" in French.
Les Pays-Bas or La Hollande
French speaking countries
"Find the ten countries"
"Les drapeaux de pays francophone" translates to "Flags of French-speaking countries" in English.
Walter Prevenier has written: 'Les Pays-Bas bourguignons' -- subject(s): History 'Pays-Bas bourguignons' -- subject(s): Civilization, History, In art, Netherlands in art
The word 'les pays' means countries. In the word-by-word translation, the definite article 'les' means 'the'. And the noun 'pays' means 'countries'. The form of the noun is the same in the singular ['pays'] and in the plural ['pays'].
Netherlands are called "les Pays-Bas" and Belgium is called "la Belgique" in French.
Netherlands is 'les Pays-Bas' in French. In common conversation, they are most often referred to as 'la Hollande'.
Thomas Overbury has written: 'Voyage ... dans les pays-bas espagnols, vers 1609'