parnassien
French, noun\paʁ.na.sjɛ̃\
parnassien is a French masculine noun meaning “Parnassian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poète de cette école”.
What does parnassien mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineParnassian
- 2
masculineparnassian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’école poétique appelée le parnasse.
noun: 1. Poète de cette école. 2. Papillon du genre Parnassius.
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 parnassien
- parnassiens plural
- parnassienne singular feminine
- parnassiennes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parnassien?
- \paʁ.na.sjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parnassien in French?
parnassien appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).