Parisian
/pəˈɹi.ʒən/noun, adjective
Parisian is spelled P-A-R-I-S-I-A-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Parisian means “A native, citizen and/or inhabitant of Paris, France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Parisian is Parisians.
How many letters and syllables are in Parisian?
| Letters | 8: P-A-R-I-S-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Parisian?
Parisian appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Parisian?
- UK /pəˈɹɪʒ.ən/
- UK /pəˈɹɪz.ɪ.ən/
- US /pəˈɹi.ʒən/
Parisian has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Parisian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Parisian?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Parisian from its last stressed vowel (/iʒən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Parisian
- Parisians plural
- Parisien
- more Parisian comparative
- most Parisian superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Parisian mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A native, citizen and/or inhabitant of Paris, France
adjective
- 1
Of, relating, or pertaining to Paris, France.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Parisian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Parisien, Parisienne , parisien |
| German | Pariser, Pariserin , pariserisch |
| Portuguese | parisiense |
| Spanish | parisiense, parisino, parisina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Parisian come from?
From Middle English Parisien, perisien, from Middle French parisien, from Medieval Latin parisiānus. By surface analysis, Paris + -ian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).