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Parisienne en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pəɹɪzɪˈɛn/

Etymology

Borrowed from French Parisienne, feminine of Parisien, from Paris. By surface analysis, Paris + -ienne.

Meanings

1. A woman from Paris.
   • It was at most but a vague hint dropped by a certain notorious Parisienne in a jealous mood that had caused suspicion to rest upon the lieutenant. 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 56:
   • Before a special night out, a glamorous Parisienne might treat herself to un brushing, at which her hair will be blow-dried and styled. 2016 October 13, Matthew Anderson, “The foreign words that seem like English – but aren’t”, in BBC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2020:
   • Proclaiming taste to be a learned as much as an inborn trait, they sought to establish themselves as aesthetic educators of the vulnerable, unschooled Parisienne. 2001, Lisa Tierstan, Marianne in the Market, California, page 122:
   • It is so natural to a Parisienne, even when passion has almost mastered her, to hesitate and pause before taking the plunge. 1900, translated from Honoré de Balzac's The Works of Honoré de Balzac, page 157

Forms

Relateds

Parisien

Translations (9)

nl Parisienne (woman from Paris) · eo parizanino (woman from Paris) · br Parizianez (woman from Paris) · ar بَارِيسِيَّة (woman from Paris) · ja パリジェンヌ (woman from Paris) · de Pariserin (woman from Paris) · fr Parisienne (woman from Paris) · nl Parijse (woman from Paris) · fi pariisitar (woman from Paris)