paparazzo

See also: Paparazzo

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Italian paparazzo

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑpɑˈɹɑtsoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpæpəˈɹætsəʊ/

Noun

paparazzo ‎(plural paparazzi or paparazzos)

1. A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.
   • 2005: FT magazine, issue № 103: April 30^th 2005 Election special issue; Peter Aspden, “The Revolver”, Bright Lights, Big Pity, page 46:

     You may decide to shove the lens down the throat of your aggressor, in the style of an aggrieved celebrity seeking primal redress against a mischievous paparazzo; but then again, most ecstatic rituals are pacific in intent and you may find such violence inappropriate.

Usage notes

• The singular paparazzo is much less common than its plural paparazzi, to the extent that paparazzi is often used as a plurale tantum, and sometimes, non-standardly, even used as a singular noun.

Derived terms

• paparazzi, mamarazzi

Related terms

• paparazza (feminine)

Translations

freelance photographer of celebrities

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 狗仔隊, 狗仔队 ‎(gau² zai² deoi⁶⁻²)

  Mandarin: 狗仔隊 (zh), 狗仔队 ‎(gǒuzǎiduì)

• Finnish: paparazzi (fi)
• French: paparazzo (fr) m, paparazzi (fr) m pl
• German: Paparazzo (de) m, Paparazza f, Paparazzi (de) m pl, Paparazze f pl (Italian f pl), Paparazzas f pl
• Hungarian: lesifotós (hu)
• Italian: paparazzo (it) m

• Japanese: パパラッチ (ja) ‎(paparacchi)
• Korean: 파파라치 ‎(paparachi)
• Persian: پاپاراتزی ‎(pâpârâtzi)
• Portuguese: paparazzo m
• Russian: папара́цци (ru) m, f ‎(paparácci)
• Turkish: paparazi (tr)

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Italian

Etymology

From Signor Paparazzo, the name of a character in Federico Fellini's film La dolce vita.

Pronunciation

• (Italian) IPA^(key): /papaˈrattso/, [päpäˈrät̪͡ːs̪o]
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧raz‧zo
• Rhymes: -azzo

Noun

paparazzo m ‎(plural paparazzi)

1. paparazzo

Derived terms

• paparazzare

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Portuguese

Noun

paparazzo m (plural paparazzi)

1. paparazzo (freelance photographer of celebrities)