selebritas

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin celēbritās.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /səlɛˈbritas/ [sə.lɛˈbri.t̪as]
  • IPA^(key): /sɛlɛˈbritas/ [sɛ.lɛˈbri.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -itas
• Syllabification: se‧le‧bri‧tas

Noun

sêlêbritas (plural selebritas-selebritas)

1. celebrity

   Synonym: pesohor

Alternative forms

• seleb, selebriti, selebritis (nonstandard Indonesian)
• selebriti (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• selebgram
• selebritas politik

Related terms

• selebran
• selebrasi

Further reading

• “selebritas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016