paparazzi

See also: Paparazzi

English

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: pä'pəräʹtsē, IPA^(key): /ˌpɑpəˈɹɑtsi/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pă'pərăʹtsē, IPA^(key): /ˌpæpəˈɹætsi/

Etymology 1

Reinterpretation of the plural of paparazzo, the singular standard Italian form.

Noun

paparazzi (countable and uncountable, plural paparazzis)

1. (nonstandard) A paparazzo.
   • 1997, Eeva Joniken; Soile Veijola, “The Disoriented Tourist: The Figuration of the Tourist in Contemporary Cultural Critique”, in Chris Rojek and 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 and 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?

2. (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

• hackerazzi
• mamarazzi
• paparazzied
• paparazzification
• snaparazzi
• stalkerazzi

 

Translations

paparazzo — see paparazzo

See also

• Nikon choir

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

paparazzi

1. 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpɑrɑtsi/, [ˈpɑpɑˌrɑts̠i]
• Rhymes: -ɑtsi
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧pa‧raz‧zi

Noun

paparazzi

1. paparazzo

Declension

Inflection of paparazzi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	paparazzein
abessive		paparazzitta	paparazzeitta
comitative		—	paparazzeineen

Possessive forms of paparazzi (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	paparazzini	paparazzimme
2nd person	paparazzisi	paparazzinne
3rd person	paparazzinsa

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian paparazzi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa.ʁad.zi/

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Noun

paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)

1. a paparazzo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.paˈrat.t͡si/
• Rhymes: -attsi
• Syllabification: pa‧pa‧ràz‧zi

Noun

paparazzi m pl

1. plural of paparazzo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• paparazi

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian, plural of paparazzo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /papaˈɾaθi/ [pa.paˈɾa.θi]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /papaˈɾasi/ [pa.paˈɾa.si]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθi
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -asi
  • Syllabification: pa‧pa‧raz‧zi
• IPA^(key): (everywhere, alternatively) /papaˈɾat͡ʃi/ [pa.paˈɾa.t͡ʃi]
  • Rhymes: -atʃi

Noun

paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)

1. paparazzo

Usage notes

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

• “paparazzi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014