parisienne

See also: Parisienne

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁi.zjɛn/

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Adjective

parisienne

1. feminine singular of parisien

Noun

parisienne f (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: sédanoise

Further reading

• “parisienne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French parisienne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾiˈsjen/ [pa.ɾiˈsjẽn]
• Rhymes: -en

Noun

parisienne f (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: perla

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.