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Parisian

Parisian

19 4.1
Relating to Paris or the people who live there
  • adjective
  • /pəˈrɪʒən/
translation icon : 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'.