Parisian

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Parisian

  • /pəˈɹɪʒ.ən/ UK
  • /pəˈɹɪz.ɪ.ən/ UK
  • /pəˈɹi.ʒən/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English Parisien, perisien, from Middle French parisien, from Medieval Latin parisiānus. By surface analysis, Paris + -ian.

noun Parisians · Parisien

  1. A native, citizen and/or inhabitant of Paris, France Not all of France was inundated by the nationalist wave – it was predominantly young, intelligent Parisians who embraced the new bellicism […].

adjective more Parisian · most Parisian · Parisien

  1. Of, relating, or pertaining to Paris, France. He lived in Paris for ten years, and became more Parisian than the natives.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: paris, parisien, parisienne, lutetian, parisite, french person, frenchman, frenchperson, francian, picardian, francophone, frenchwoman, french polynesian, marseillais, pyrenean, provençal

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noun someone from Paris

Españolparisiense, parisino, parisina
한국어파리지앵 parijiaeng
日本語パリジャン parijan
中文巴黎人 Bālí rén
Portuguêsparisiense
FrançaisParisien, Parisienne
DeutschPariser, Pariserin
Italianoparigino, parigina
ΕλληνικάΠαριζιάνος Pariziános, Παριζιάνα Pariziána
Românăparizian, pariziană, pariziancă
Русскийпарижа́нин parižánin, парижа́нка parižánka
العربيةبَارِيسِيّ bārīsiyy, بَارِيسِيَّة bārīsiyya

adj of Paris

Españolparisino, parisiense
한국어파리의 pariui
Portuguêsparisiense
Françaisparisien
DeutschPariser, pariserisch
Italianoparigino
Ελληνικάπαρισινός parisinós, παριζιάνικος pariziánikos
Românăparizian
Русскийпари́жский parížskij
العربيةبَارِيسِيّ bārīsiyy

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@misc{parisian_2026,
  title = {Parisian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parisian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}