paparazzo

See also: Paparazzo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from 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/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

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, “Bright Lights, Big Pity”, 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)

  Hijazi Arabic: ببراتزي m (babarātzi, babarātsi), پپراتزي m (paparātzi, paparātsi)

• Armenian: պապարացի (hy) (paparacʻi), (male) պապարացո (paparacʻo), (female) պապարացա (paparacʻa)
• Azerbaijani: paparatsi
• Bengali: পাপারাৎসি (paparatśi), পাপারাজ্জি (paparajji)
• Catalan: paparazzo m
• Chinese:

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

  Mandarin: 狗仔隊／狗仔队 (zh) (gǒuzǎiduì)

• Danish: paparazzofotograf c
• Dutch: paparazzo (nl) 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 (nĕək prɑmañ ruup)
• Korean: 파파라치 (paparachi)
• Lithuanian: paparacas m
• Malay: paparazi
• Persian: پاپاراتزی (pâpârâtzi)
• Polish: paparazzo (pl) m, paparazzi (pl) m
• Portuguese: paparazzo m
• Russian: папара́цци (ru) m or 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
• Yiddish: פּאַפּאַראַצי pl (paparatsi)

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.paˈrat.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -attso
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ràz‧zo

Noun

paparazzo m (plural paparazzi, feminine paparazza)

1. paparazzo

Derived terms

• paparazzare
• paparazzato

Polish

paparazzo

Alternative forms

• paparazzi

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian paparazzo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.paˈrat͡s.t͡sɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at͡st͡sɔ
• Syllabification: pa‧pa‧raz‧zo

Noun

paparazzo m pers

1. (journalism, photography) paparazzo (freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs)

   Hypernym: fotoreporter

Declension

Declension of paparazzo

	singular	plural
nominative	paparazzo	paparazzi
genitive	paparazzo	paparazzich
dative	paparazzo	paparazzim
accusative	paparazzo	paparazzich
instrumental	paparazzo	paparazzimi
locative	paparazzo	paparazzich
vocative	paparazzo	paparazzi

Further reading

• paparazzo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• paparazzo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian paparazzo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.paˈɾat.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.paˈɾat.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.paˈɾat.so/

Noun

paparazzo

1. singular of paparazzi

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian paparazzo.

Noun

paparazzo m (plural paparazzi)

1. paparazzo

Declension

Declension of paparazzo

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) paparazzo	paparazzoul	(niște) paparazzi	paparazzii
genitive/dative	(unui) paparazzo	paparazzoului	(unor) paparazzi	paparazzilor
vocative	paparazzoule		paparazzilor