paparazzi
See also: Paparazzi
Contents
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (US) enPR: pä'pəräʹtsē, IPA(key): /ˌpɑpəˈɹɑtsi/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pă'pərăʹtsē, IPA(key): /ˌpæpəˈɹætsi/
Etymology 1Edit
Reinterpretation of the plural of paparazzo, the singular standard Italian form.
NounEdit
paparazzi (countable and uncountable, plural paparazzis)
- (nonstandard) A paparazzo.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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- (nonstandard, uncountable) Paparazzi taken as a group.
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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 …”
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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.
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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
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Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
paparazzo — see paparazzo
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See etymology on the main entry.
NounEdit
paparazzi
- plural of paparazzo
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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.
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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.
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2007, Stanley Hart, “Oh, Brother”, in Two Novellas, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 99:
- “Do you know how many paparazzi stalk those midtown hotels? […]”
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FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
paparazzi
DeclensionEdit
| 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 | |
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian paparazzi.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)