Parisienne

Borrowed from French Parisienne, feminine of Parisien, from Paris.

• IPA^(key): /pəɹɪzɪˈɛn/

Parisienne (plural Parisiennes)

1. A woman 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.

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 56:

     It was at most but a vague hint dropped by a certain notorious Parisienne in a jealous mood that had caused suspicion to rest upon the lieutenant.

   • 2001, Lisa Tierstan, Marianne in the Market, California, 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.

• Parisien

From Paris +‎ -ienne.

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁi.zjɛn/

Parisienne f (plural Parisiennes)

1. Parisienne

• Paris
• Parisien
• parisien / parisienne
• parisianisme