paparazzi
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) enPR: pä'pəräʹtsē, IPA(key): /ˌpɑpəˈɹɑtsi/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pă'pərăʹtsē, IPA(key): /ˌpæpəˈɹætsi/
Audio (US): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]Reinterpretation of the plural of paparazzo, the singular standard Italian form.
Noun
[edit]paparazzi (countable and uncountable, plural paparazzis)
- (nonstandard) A paparazzo.
- 1997, Eeva Joniken, Soile Veijola, “The Disoriented Tourist: The Figuration of the Tourist in Contemporary Cultural Critique”, in Chris Rojek, John Urry, editors, Touring Cultures: Transformations of Travel and Theory, Routledge, →ISBN, page 46:
- The job of a paparazzi is, roughly, to ‘reveal the truth’ about the rich and the famous.
- 2000, David Naccache, Michael Tunstall, “How to Explain Side-Channel Leakage to Your Kids”, in Çetin K. Koç, Christof Paar, editors, Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems — CHES 2000, Springer, →ISBN, page 229:
- A paparazzi is investigating the lives of a Royal couple.
- 2005, Jude Idada, “Ouch!”, in A Box of Chocolates, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 221:
- What if someone I know sees me? Or what if a paparazzi is lurking somewhere?
- (nonstandard, uncountable) Paparazzi taken as a group.
- 1989, Carol Muske-Dukes, Dear Digby, Viking, →ISBN, page 148:
- “Tell Page that PAPARAZZI is here, in my apartment. And then tell her that their offices are right across from us …”
- 2001, Geert Lovink, “The Rise and Fall of Dotcom Mania”, in Dark Fiber: Tracking Critical Internet Culture, MIT Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 354:
- Rather, the business paparazzi is armoring itself for a backlash campaign against the entrepreneurial big mouths.
- 2006, Kisha Green, And Even If I Did, iUniverse, →ISBN, page vi:
- Nelishia—You are a special lady with an enormous heart with skills that are off the chains!!! You go girl!!! A definite multi-tasking Diva!! Get your Chanel shades paparazzi is lurking…lol
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]paparazzi
- plural of paparazzo
- 1985, Francis King, One Is a Wanderer: Selected Stories, Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 312:
- A number of paparazzi had gate-crashed, as had a famous tennis-player and a couple of pop-singers.
- 2004, Noel Botham, The Murder of Princess Diana, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 168:
- A number of paparazzi were there to take pictures, clearly having received a further tip-off about the party’s movements.
- 2007, Stanley Hart, “Oh, Brother”, in Two Novellas, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 99:
- “Do you know how many paparazzi stalk those midtown hotels? […]”
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]paparazzi
Declension
[edit]Inflection of paparazzi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | paparazzi | paparazzit | |
genitive | paparazzin | paparazzien | |
partitive | paparazzia | paparazzeja | |
illative | paparazziin | paparazzeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | paparazzi | paparazzit | |
accusative | nom. | paparazzi | paparazzit |
gen. | paparazzin | ||
genitive | paparazzin | paparazzien | |
partitive | paparazzia | paparazzeja | |
inessive | paparazzissa | paparazzeissa | |
elative | paparazzista | paparazzeista | |
illative | paparazziin | paparazzeihin | |
adessive | paparazzilla | paparazzeilla | |
ablative | paparazzilta | paparazzeilta | |
allative | paparazzille | paparazzeille | |
essive | paparazzina | paparazzeina | |
translative | paparazziksi | paparazzeiksi | |
abessive | paparazzitta | paparazzeitta | |
instructive | — | paparazzein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “paparazzi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian paparazzi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]paparazzi m pl
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Italian paparazzi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]paparazzi m pers (indeclinable)
- (journalism, photography) Alternative form of paparazzo
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | paparazzi | paparazzi |
genitive | paparazziego | paparazzich |
dative | paparazziemu | paparazzim |
accusative | paparazziego | paparazzich |
instrumental | paparazzim | paparazzimi |
locative | paparazzim | paparazzich |
vocative | paparazzi | paparazzi |
or
Indeclinable
Noun
[edit]paparazzi m pers
Further reading
[edit]- paparazzi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- paparazzi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧raz‧zi
Noun
[edit]paparazzi m pl (plural only)
- paparazzi (Paparazzi taken as a group)
Noun
[edit]paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)
- (nonstandard) a paparazzo
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Italian, plural of paparazzo.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /papaˈɾaθi/ [pa.paˈɾa.θi]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /papaˈɾasi/ [pa.paˈɾa.si]
- IPA(key): (everywhere, alternatively) /papaˈɾat͡ʃi/ [pa.paˈɾa.t͡ʃi]
- Rhymes: -atʃi
Noun
[edit]paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)
Usage notes
[edit]According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
[edit]- “paparazzi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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