socialite

See also: socialité

English

Etymology

From social (“pertaining to high society”) +‎ -ite, perhaps as a play on social light, in imitation of words in -ite.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

socialite (plural socialites)

  1. A person (often a woman) of social prominence, considered to be an influential figure.
  2. A person who goes to fashionable parties and is often written about in the newspapers, etc.
    • 2008, Mike Cooley, Lisa's Birthday:
      Goodnight all you socialites don't wait up for me.

Translations

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “socialite”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English socialite.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /so.si.aˈli.t͡ʃi/ [so.sɪ.aˈli.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /so.sjaˈli.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /so.si.aˈli.te/ [so.sɪ.aˈli.te], (faster pronunciation) /so.sjaˈli.te/

  • Hyphenation: so‧ci‧a‧li‧te

Noun

socialite m or f by sense (plural socialites)

  1. socialite

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English socialite.

Noun

socialite m or f by sense (plural socialites)

  1. socialite
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