paparazzi

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English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Reinterpretation of the plural of paparazzo, the singular standard Italian form.

Noun

paparazzi (countable and uncountable, plural paparazzis)

  1. (nonstandard) A paparazzo.
    • 1997, Eeva Joniken, Soile Veijola, “The Disoriented Tourist: The Figuration of the Tourist in Contemporary Cultural Critique”, in Chris Rojek, John Urry, editors, Touring Cultures: Transformations of Travel and Theory, Routledge, →ISBN, page 46:
      The job of a paparazzi is, roughly, to ‘reveal the truth’ about the rich and the famous.
    • 2000, David Naccache, Michael Tunstall, “How to Explain Side-Channel Leakage to Your Kids”, in Çetin K. Koç, Christof Paar, editors, Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems — CHES 2000, Springer, →ISBN, page 229:
      A paparazzi is investigating the lives of a Royal couple.
    • 2005, Jude Idada, “Ouch!”, in A Box of Chocolates, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 221:
      What if someone I know sees me? Or what if a paparazzi is lurking somewhere?
  2. (nonstandard, uncountable) Paparazzi taken as a group.
    • 1989, Carol Muske-Dukes, Dear Digby, Viking, →ISBN, page 148:
      “Tell Page that PAPARAZZI is here, in my apartment. And then tell her that their offices are right across from us …”
    • 2001, Geert Lovink, “The Rise and Fall of Dotcom Mania”, in Dark Fiber: Tracking Critical Internet Culture, MIT Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 354:
      Rather, the business paparazzi is armoring itself for a backlash campaign against the entrepreneurial big mouths.
    • 2006, Kisha Green, And Even If I Did, iUniverse, →ISBN, page vi:
      Nelishia—You are a special lady with an enormous heart with skills that are off the chains!!! You go girl!!! A definite multi-tasking Diva!! Get your Chanel shades paparazzi is lurking…lol
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

paparazzi

  1. plural of paparazzo
    • 1985, Francis King, One Is a Wanderer: Selected Stories, Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 312:
      A number of paparazzi had gate-crashed, as had a famous tennis-player and a couple of pop-singers.
    • 2004, Noel Botham, The Murder of Princess Diana, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 168:
      A number of paparazzi were there to take pictures, clearly having received a further tip-off about the party’s movements.
    • 2007, Stanley Hart, “Oh, Brother”, in Two Novellas, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 99:
      “Do you know how many paparazzi stalk those midtown hotels? […]”

Finnish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑpɑrɑtsi/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑtsi
  • Hyphenation(key): pa‧pa‧raz‧zi

Noun

paparazzi

  1. paparazzo

Declension

Inflection of paparazzi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative paparazzi paparazzit
genitive paparazzin paparazzien
partitive paparazzia paparazzeja
illative paparazziin paparazzeihin
singular plural
nominative paparazzi paparazzit
accusative nom. paparazzi paparazzit
gen. paparazzin
genitive paparazzin paparazzien
partitive paparazzia paparazzeja
inessive paparazzissa paparazzeissa
elative paparazzista paparazzeista
illative paparazziin paparazzeihin
adessive paparazzilla paparazzeilla
ablative paparazzilta paparazzeilta
allative paparazzille paparazzeille
essive paparazzina paparazzeina
translative paparazziksi paparazzeiksi
abessive paparazzitta paparazzeitta
instructive paparazzein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of paparazzi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

Further reading

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian paparazzi.

Pronunciation

Noun

paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)

  1. a paparazzo

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.paˈrat.t͡si/
  • Rhymes: -attsi
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ràz‧zi

Noun

paparazzi m pl

  1. plural of paparazzo

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian paparazzi.

Pronunciation

Noun

paparazzi m pers (indeclinable)

  1. (journalism, photography) Alternative form of paparazzo

Declension

or

Indeclinable

Noun

paparazzi m pers

  1. nominative/vocative plural of paparazzo

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧raz‧zi

Noun

paparazzi m pl (plural only)

  1. paparazzi (taken as a group)

paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)

  1. (nonstandard) a paparazzo

Spanish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian, plural of paparazzo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /papaˈɾaθi/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /papaˈɾasi/
    • Rhymes: -aθi
    • Rhymes: -asi
    • Syllabification: pa‧pa‧raz‧zi
  • IPA(key): (everywhere, alternatively) /papaˈɾat͡ʃi/

Noun

paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)

  1. paparazzo

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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