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Parisian

Parisian

21 4.1
Relating to Paris or the people who live there
  • adjective
  • /pəˈrɪʒən/
: parisino
  • She embraced the Parisian lifestyle, enjoying long walks along the Seine.
  • Parisian society
  • Parisian art
  • Parisian fashion

But yeah, the next one is when saying Parisian, the stereotype is red, beret and lipstick.

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Examples

  • Your French is good, but your Parisian accent is terrible.

  • All around them are bourgeois Parisian families on their evening stroll.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • When I say crazy, I mean really very Parisian, you know, like only would happen in Paris.

  • Could I end up like that man without papers who lives in a Parisian airport?

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I want it perfect and I want that people can feel the Parisian vibes in the show.

  • Rosa lived in an attic room of an old Parisian house, and I lived on the floor below.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I do sketches for some Parisian magazines and American newspapers.

  • The thought of hosting supper parties for Parisian society was, in fact, a trifle daunting.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • You can see it in her own vivid paintings of magnolia trees and Parisian rooftops.

    Academic text (2008)
  • So I've spent the last week doing all of the best Parisian things and we went to the first night of Taylor Swift European Aeros Tour.

Synonyms

French
vsParisian
∞ 1.0

Relating to France, its people, language, or culture

is limited to the city and its inhabitants rather than the whole country
Gallic
vsParisian
3 7.6

Showing qualities typical of French people or culture

is about the city and its people not the country's culture or attitudes

Surface Forms

Parisian positive

Morphology

Parisian = Paris (transparent) = Paris + ian

The adjectival sense is a direct formation using the productive suffix '-ian' meaning 'relating to Paris'.

Etymology

Parisian comes from the city name Paris and the ending -ian, which means 'from' or 'belonging to', just like Italian or Canadian. So Parisian as an adjective describes things that are 'from Paris' or 'connected to Paris'.