"paparazzo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpɑpəˈɹɑtsoʊ/ [US], /ˌpæpəˈɹætsəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paparazzo.wav Forms: paparazzi [plural], paparazzos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian paparazzo, from the name of Signor Paparazzo, a character in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|it|paparazzo}} Borrowed from Italian paparazzo Head templates: {{en-noun|paparazzi|s}} 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. Wikipedia link: Federico Fellini, La dolce vita, paparazzi Categories (topical): People Derived forms: paparazzi (english: see there for further derivations) Related terms: paparazza [feminine] Translations (freelance photographer of celebrities): بَابَارَاتْزِي (bābārātzī) [masculine] (Arabic), ببراتزي (babarātzi, babarātsi) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), پپراتزي (paparātzi, paparātsi) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), պապարացի (paparacʻi) (Armenian), պապարացո (paparacʻo) [masculine] (Armenian), պապարացա (paparacʻa) [feminine] (Armenian), paparatsi (Azerbaijani), পাপারাৎসি (paparatśi) (Bengali), পাপারাজ্জি (paparajji) (Bengali), paparazzo [masculine] (Catalan), 狗仔隊 (Chinese Cantonese), 狗仔队 (alt: gau² zai² deoi⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 狗仔隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 狗仔队 (gǒuzǎiduì) (Chinese Mandarin), paparazzofotograf [common-gender] (Danish), paparazzo [masculine] (Dutch), paparaco (Esperanto), paparazzo (Estonian), võsafotograaf (Estonian), paparazzi (Finnish), lehtikuvaaja (Finnish), paparazzo [masculine] (French), paparazzi [masculine] (French), Paparazzo [masculine] (German), Paparazza [feminine] (German), Skandalreporter [masculine] (German), Skandalreporterin [feminine] (German), Sensationsreporter [masculine] (German), Sensationsreporterin [feminine] (German), παπαράτσι (paparátsi) [masculine] (Greek), פָּפָּרַאצִי (papparátzi) [masculine] (Hebrew), पापारात्सी (pāpārātsī) [masculine] (Hindi), lesifotós (Hungarian), paparazi (Indonesian), paparazzo [masculine] (Italian), paparazza [feminine] (Italian), パパラッチ (paparacchi) (Japanese), អ្នកប្រមាញ់រូប (nĕək prɑɑmañ ruup) (Khmer), 파파라치 (paparachi) (Korean), paparacas [masculine] (Lithuanian), paparazi (Malay), پاپاراتزی (pâpârâtzi) (Persian), paparazzo [masculine] (Polish), paparazzi [masculine] (Polish), paparazzo [masculine] (Portuguese), папара́цци (paparácci) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), папарацо [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), папараззо [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), paparaco [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), paparazzo [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), paparazi [masculine] (Spanish), paparazzi [masculine] (Spanish), பப்பராத்சி (papparātci) (Tamil), பப்பராத்சோ (papparātcō) [masculine] (Tamil), பப்பராத்சா (papparātcā) [feminine] (Tamil), ปาปารัสซี (bpaa-bpaa-rát-sii) (Thai), paparazi (Turkish), папара́ці (paparáci) [masculine] (Ukrainian), thợ săn ảnh (Vietnamese), פּאַפּאַראַצי (paparatsi) [plural] (Yiddish)
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "paparazzo"
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          "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
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            "feminine",
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          ],
          "word": "папара́цци"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paparazi"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "papparātci",
          "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
          "word": "பப்பராத்சி"
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        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "papparātcō",
          "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "பப்பராத்சோ"
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        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "papparātcā",
          "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "பப்பராத்சா"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpaa-bpaa-rát-sii",
          "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
          "word": "ปาปารัสซี"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
          "word": "paparazi"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "paparáci",
          "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "папара́ці"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
          "word": "thợ săn ảnh"
        },
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "paparatsi",
          "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "פּאַפּאַראַצי"
        }
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        "Federico Fellini",
        "La dolce vita",
        "paparazzi"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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}
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      "tags": [
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        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Tamil translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Yiddish translations",
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          "ref": "2005 April 30, Peter Aspden, “Bright Lights, Big Pity”, The Revolver, in FT magazine, number № 103 (election special), page 46:",
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        "La dolce vita",
        "paparazzi"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "roman": "bābārātzī",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَابَارَاتْزِي"
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      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
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      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "پپراتزي"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "paparacʻi",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "պապարացի"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "paparacʻo",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "պապարացո"
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      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
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      "word": "պապարացա"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "paparatsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "paparatśi",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "পাপারাৎসি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "paparajji",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "পাপারাজ্জি"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "狗仔隊"
    },
    {
      "alt": "gau² zai² deoi⁶⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "狗仔队"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "狗仔隊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǒuzǎiduì",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "狗仔队"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "paparazzofotograf"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "paparaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "paparazzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "võsafotograaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "paparazzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "lehtikuvaaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Paparazzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Paparazza"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Skandalreporter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Skandalreporterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sensationsreporter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sensationsreporterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paparátsi",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παπαράτσι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "papparátzi",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פָּפָּרַאצִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pāpārātsī",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पापारात्सी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "lesifotós"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "paparazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "paparacchi",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "パパラッチ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "nĕək prɑɑmañ ruup",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "អ្នកប្រមាញ់រូប"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "paparachi",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "파파라치"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparacas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "paparazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pâpârâtzi",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "پاپاراتزی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "paparácci",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "папара́цци"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "папарацо"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "папараззо"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paparazzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "papparātci",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "பப்பராத்சி"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "papparātcō",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "பப்பராத்சோ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "papparātcā",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "பப்பராத்சா"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpaa-bpaa-rát-sii",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "ปาปารัสซี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "paparazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "paparáci",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "папара́ці"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "word": "thợ săn ảnh"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "paparatsi",
      "sense": "freelance photographer of celebrities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "פּאַפּאַראַצי"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paparazzo"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.