Parisian

English

Alternative forms

• Parisien (uncommon)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɪʒ.ən/, /pəˈɹɪz.ɪ.ən/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹi.ʒən/

Noun

Parisian (plural Parisians)

1. A native, citizen and/or inhabitant of Paris, France

   Coordinate term: Parisienne

   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 295:

     Not all of France was inundated by the nationalist wave – it was predominantly young, intelligent Parisians who embraced the new bellicism […].

   • 2025 January 21, Vivian Song, “Specialty Coffee Shops and Parisian Cafes”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 January 2025:

     Australian and American expats, along with well-traveled French entrepreneurs, opened the doors of the first coffee shops, building on-site roasteries and introducing Parisians to milky flat whites, cortados and other beverages made with expertly extracted espresso.

Translations

someone from Paris

• Arabic: بَارِيسِيّ m (bārīsiyy), بَارِيسِيَّة f (bārīsiyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: باريسي m (baarisi), باريسية f (baarieiya)

• Asturian: parisín (ast) m, parisina (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: parisli
• Basque: paristar (eu)
• Belarusian: парыжанін m (paryžanin), парыжанка f (paryžanka)
• Breton: Parizian (br) m, Parizianez (br) f
• Catalan: parisenc (ca) m, parisenca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴黎人 (zh) (Bālí rén)

• Czech: Pařížan (cs) m, Pařížanka (cs) f
• Danish: pariser c, pariserinde c (female)
• Dutch: Parijzenaar (nl) m, Parijse (nl) f, Parisienne (nl) f
• Esperanto: parizano, parizanino (female)
• Estonian: pariislane, pariisitar (female)
• Finnish: pariisilainen (fi), pariisitar (fi) (female)
• French: Parisien (fr) m, Parisienne (fr) f
• Galician: parisiense m or f
• Georgian: პარიზელი (ṗarizeli)
• German: Pariser (de) m, Pariserin (de) f
• Greek: Παριζιάνος (el) m (Pariziános), Παριζιάνα (el) f (Pariziána)
• Hungarian: párizsi (hu)
• Ido: Parisano (io), Parisanulo (male), Parisanino (female)
• Irish: Párasach m
• Italian: parigino (it) m, parigina f
• Japanese: パリジャン (parijan)
• Kazakh: париждық (parijdyq), париждегі (parijdegı)
• Korean: 파리사람 (parisaram)
• Latin: Parīsiensis (la) m or f, parīsiensis (la) m or f
• Marathi: पॅरिसकर m (pĕriskar)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: پاریسی (fa) (pârisi)

• Polish: paryżanin (pl) m, paryżanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: parisiense (pt) m or f
• Romanian: parizian (ro) m, pariziană (ro) f, pariziancă (ro) f
• Russian: парижа́нин (ru) m (parižánin), парижа́нка (ru) f (parižánka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пари́жанин m

  Latin: Parížanin (sh) m

• Slovak: Parížan m, Parížanka f
• Spanish: parisiense (es) m or f, parisino (es) m, parisina (es) f
• Swedish: parisare (sv) c, parisiska (sv) c (female), pariserska c (female)
• Turkish: Parisli

  Ottoman Turkish: پارسلو (parisli)

• Ukrainian: парижа́нин m (paryžányn), парижа́нка f (paryžánka)
• Uzbek: parislik
• Welsh: Parisiad m or f
• Yiddish: פּאַריזער m (parizer)

Adjective

Parisian (comparative more Parisian, superlative most Parisian)

1. Of, relating, or pertaining to Paris, France.
   • 1982, Oliver Statler, Japanese Inn:

     He lived in Paris for ten years, and became more Parisian than the natives.

   • 2025 January 21, Vivian Song, “Specialty Coffee Shops and Parisian Cafes”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 January 2025:

     Over time, the concern is that the cafe’s role as the heart of Parisian society will become obsolete, Mr. Fontaine said, as the younger generation turns to the coffee shop.

Derived terms

• Parisianism
• Parisianly
• Parisianness

Translations

of Paris

• Albanian: parizian
• Arabic: بَارِيسِيّ (bārīsiyy)
• Armenian: փարիզյան (hy) (pʻarizyan), Փարիզի (Pʻarizi)
• Basque: paristar (eu)
• Belarusian: пары́жскі m (parýžski)
• Catalan: parisenc (ca)
• Czech: pařížský (cs)
• Danish: parisisk
• Dutch: Parijs (nl)
• Esperanto: pariza, parizana
• Finnish: pariisilainen (fi)
• French: parisien (fr)
• Galician: parisiense m or f
• Georgian: პარიზის (ṗarizis), პარიზული (ṗarizuli)
• German: Pariser (de), pariserisch (de)
• Greek: παρισινός (el) (parisinós), παριζιάνικος (el) (pariziánikos)
• Hungarian: párizsi (hu)
• Irish: Párasach
• Italian: parigino (it)
• Kazakh: париждық (parijdyq), париждегі (parijdegı)
• Korean: 파리의 (pariui)
• Latin: Parīsiensis (la), parīsiensis (la), Parīsiacus, parīsiacus, Lutetianus, lutetianus
• Macedonian: париски (pariski)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: پاریسی (fa) (pârisi)

• Polish: paryski (pl)
• Portuguese: parisiense (pt)
• Romanian: parizian (ro)
• Russian: пари́жский (ru) (parížskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̀рӣшкӣ

  Latin: pàrīškī (sh)

• Slovak: parížsky (sk)
• Spanish: parisino (es), parisiense (es)
• Swedish: parisisk (sv)
• Turkish: Parisli
• Ukrainian: пари́зький (parýzʹkyj)
• Welsh: Parisaidd
• Yiddish: פּאַריזער (parizer)

Anagrams

• Sapirian