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Webster 1913 Edition


Parisienne


Paˊriˊsiˊenne′

,
Noun.
[F.]
A female native or resident of
Paris
.

Definition 2024


Parisienne

Parisienne

See also: parisienne

English

Noun

Parisienne (plural Parisiennes)

  1. A female from Paris.
    • 1900, translated from Honoré de Balzac's The Works of Honoré de Balzac, page 157:
      It is so natural to a Parisienne, even when passion has almost mastered her, to hesitate and pause before taking the plunge.
    • 2001, Lisa Tierstan, Marianne in the Market (California 2001), page 122:
      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.

Translations


French

Etymology

From Paris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁizjɛn/

Noun

Parisienne f (plural Parisiennes)

  1. Parisienne

Related terms

parisienne

parisienne

See also: Parisienne

French

Adjective

parisienne

  1. feminine singular of parisien

Noun

parisienne f (uncountable)

  1. (printing, dated) A small size of type, standardized as 5 point.

Synonyms


Spanish

Etymology

From French parisienne

Noun

parisienne f (uncountable)

  1. (printing, dated) A small size of type, standardized as 5 point.

Synonyms