paparazzo

Borrowed from Italian paparazzo, from the name of Signor Paparazzo, a character in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑpəˈɹɑtsoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpæpəˈɹætsəʊ/

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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.

• 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.

• paparazzi (see there for further derivations)

• paparazza (feminine)

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

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

paparazzo m (plural paparazzi, feminine paparazza)

1. paparazzo

• paparazzare
• paparazzato

• paparazzi

Unadapted borrowing from Italian paparazzo.

• IPA^(key): /pa.paˈrat͡s.t͡sɔ/

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

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

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

Unadapted borrowing from Italian paparazzo.

paparazzo

1. singular of paparazzi

Borrowed from Italian paparazzo.

paparazzo m (plural paparazzi)

1. paparazzo