parisianisme
French, noun/pa.ʁi.zja.nism/
parisianisme is spelled P-A-R-I-S-I-A-N-I-S-M-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parisianisme is a French masculine noun meaning “characteristically Parisian turn of phrase, expression, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité de ce qui est parisien”.
What does parisianisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecharacteristically Parisian turn of phrase, expression, etc.
- 2
masculinestereotypically Parisian attitudes and mores; in particular, Parisian snobbery
- 3
datedmasculineParisian quality, Parisianness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui est parisien. 2. Tournure de langage propre aux Parisiens. 3. Ensemble d’habitudes sociales propres aux Parisiens ; snobisme parisien.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of parisianisme
- parisianismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parisianisme?
- /pa.ʁi.zja.nism/
- /pa.ʁi.zja.nizm/
- \pa.ʁi.zja.nism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parisianisme in French?
parisianisme appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).