"celeb" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /səˈlɛb/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-celeb.wav [Southern-England] Forms: celebs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛb Etymology: Clipping of celebrity. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|celebrity}} Clipping of celebrity Head templates: {{en-noun}} celeb (plural celebs)
  1. (informal) A celebrity; a famous person. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Derived forms: e-celeb, pro-celeb, web celeb Translations (a celebrity): julkkis [colloquial] (Finnish), julkimo [colloquial] (Finnish), Promi [feminine, masculine] (German), celebrità [feminine] (Italian), セレブ (serebu) (Japanese), 셀럽 (selleop) (Korean), celebryta [masculine] (Polish), celebrytka [feminine] (Polish), kändis [common-gender] (Swedish)

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