French

Noun

Pauliste m, f ‎(plural Paulistes)

1. A person residing in São Paulo, Brazil.
   • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques, 1993 ed., Plon, ISBN 978-2-259-00359-1, chap. X,I p. 108

     En 1935, les Paulistes se vantaient qu'on construisit dans leur ville, en moyenne, une maison par heure.

     — In 1935, the citizens of São Paulo boasted that, on an average, one house per hour was built in their town. — 1973, John & Doreen Weightman (trans.), Tristes Tropiques, 2011 ed., Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-14-197073-8

French

Adjective

pauliste m, f ‎(plural paulistes)

1. (religion) Paulist (specifically a member of a missionary society founded in New York in 1885)^[1]

Hypernyms

• paulinien

See also

• paulin, paulinisme

References

1. 1 2 Dictionnaire Hachette de la langue française, 1980

Etymology 2

Portuguese paulista.

Adjective

pauliste m, f ‎(plural paulistes)

1. of or relating to São Paulo, Brazil
   • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques, 1993 ed., Plon, ISBN 978-2-259-00359-1, chap. X,I p. 111

     A l'abri de cette faune pierreuse, l'élite pauliste, pareille à ses orchidées favorites, formait une flore nonchalante et plus exotique qu'elle ne croyait.

     — Sheltering in this stony fauna, the elite of São Paolo, like its favourite orchids, constituted a more languid and exotic flora than it was aware of itself. — 1973, John & Doreen Weightman (trans.), Tristes Tropiques, 2011 ed., Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-14-197073-8

See also

• Pauliste

Italian

Adjective

pauliste m

1. plural of paulista

Anagrams

• pulsiate, spuliate