selebritas

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin celēbritās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sələˈbritas]
• Hyphenation: sê‧lêb‧ri‧tas
• Rhymes: -tas, -as, -s

Noun

sêlêbritas (first-person possessive selebritasku, second-person possessive selebritasmu, third-person possessive selebritasnya)

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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.