Usage Note
Paysage derives from pays (country, land) and the suffix -age. Beyond physical scenery, it is used figuratively: le paysage politique means 'the political landscape'. A paysagiste is a landscape architect or painter.
Examples
"Le paysage de montagne est magnifique."
Natural Translation
The mountain landscape is magnificent.

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