paparazzo

See also: Paparazzo

English

Etymology

Italian paparazzo, from the name of Signor Paparazzo, a character in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑpəˈɹɑtsoʊ/
• (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 April 30, Peter Aspden, “The Revolver”, in FT magazine, number № 103 (election special), 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 (see there for further derivations)

Related terms

• paparazza (feminine)

Translations

freelance photographer of celebrities

• Arabic: بَابَارَاتْزِي‏‎ m (bābārātzī)
• Armenian: պապարացի (paparacʿi), (male) պապարացո (paparacʿo), (female) պապարացա (paparacʿa)
• Azeri: paparatsi
• Bengali: পাপারাৎসি (paparatsi), পাপারাজ্জি (paparajji)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 狗仔隊, 狗仔队 (gau² zai² deoi^6-2)

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

• Danish: paparazzofotograf c
• Dutch: paparazzo (nl) m, nieuwsfotograaf m
• Esperanto: paparaco
• Estonian: paparazzo (et), võsafotograaf
• Finnish: paparazzi (fi), lehtikuvaaja
• French: paparazzo (fr) m, paparazzi (fr) m
• German: Paparazzo (de) m, Paparazza f, Skandalreporter m, Skandalreporterin f, Sensationsreporter m, Sensationsreporterin f
• Greek: παπαράτσι (el) m (paparátsi)
• Hebrew: פָּפָּרַאצִי‏‎ m (papparátzi)
• Hindi: पापारात्सी m (pāpārātsī)
• Hungarian: lesifotós (hu)
• Indonesian: paparazi (id)

• Italian: paparazzo (it) m, paparazza f
• Japanese: パパラッチ (ja) (paparacchi)
• Khmer: អ្នកប្រមាញ់រូប (’nâkbrâméanhrub)
• Korean: 파파라치 (paparachi)
• Lithuanian: paparacas m
• Malay: paparazi
• Persian: پاپاراتزی‏‎ (pâpârâtzi)
• Portuguese: paparazzo m
• Russian: папара́цци (ru) m, f (paparácci)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: папарацо m, папараззо m

  Roman: paparaco m, paparazzo (sh) m

• Spanish: paparazi m, paparazzi (es) m
• Tamil: பப்பராத்சி (papparātci), (male) பப்பராத்சோ (papparātcō), (female) பப்பராத்சா (papparātcā)
• Thai: ปาปารัสซี (bpaa-bpaa-rát-sii)
• Turkish: paparazi (tr)
• Ukrainian: папара́ці m (paparáci)
• Vietnamese: thợ săn ảnh

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.paˈrat.tso/, [päpäˈrät̪͡ːs̪o]
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ràz‧zo
• Rhymes: -attso

Noun

paparazzo m (plural paparazzi, feminine paparazza)

1. paparazzo

Derived terms

• paparazzare
• paparazzato

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian.

Noun

paparazzo m (plural paparazzi)

1. paparazzo (freelance photographer of celebrities)