Parisienne
Americannoun
Gender
See -enne.
Etymology
Origin of Parisienne
1885–90; < French parisienne, feminine of parisien Parisian
Example Sentences
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But perhaps the most quintessential Parisian touch was a fruit basket — a homage to the Parisienne of the 1970s.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
Favourite Nashwa won from La Parisienne with Rosacea third in the race which is officially known as the Prix de Diane.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2022
With a girl I saw him then, That vile Parisienne, Down by the Seine.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2021
In the postwar years, French cinema established for the Parisienne a set of tastes, habits, and politics that continue to define her and her largely indistinguishable male counterpart, the Parisien.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 19, 2019
Madame Picolet, her French teacher at Briarwood Hall, had been most thorough in the drilling of her pupils; and Madame was a Parisienne.
From Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam by Emerson, Alice B.
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