paparazzi

• (UK) enPR: pă'pə-răʹtsē, IPA^(key): /ˌpæ.pəˈɹæ.tsi/
• (US) enPR: pä'pə-räʹtsē, IPA^(key): /ˌpɑ.pəˈɹɑ.tsi/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ràz‧zi

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

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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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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? […]”

Borrowed from Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpɑrɑtsi/, [ˈpɑ̝pɑ̝ˌrɑ̝ts̠i]
• Rhymes: -ɑtsi
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧pa‧raz‧zi
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧pa‧raz‧zi

paparazzi

1. paparazzo

• “paparazzi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Borrowed from Italian paparazzi.

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa.ʁad.zi/

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paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)

1. a paparazzo

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

paparazzi m pl

1. plural of paparazzo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian paparazzi.

• IPA^(key): /pa.paˈrat͡s.t͡si/

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• Rhymes: -at͡st͡si
• Syllabification: pa‧pa‧raz‧zi

paparazzi m pers (indeclinable)

1. (journalism, photography) alternative form of paparazzo

or

Indeclinable

paparazzi m pers

1. nominative/vocative plural of paparazzo

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

Unadapted borrowing from Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo.

• Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧raz‧zi

paparazzi m pl (plural only)

1. paparazzi (taken as a group)

paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)

1. (nonstandard) a paparazzo

• paparazi

Unadapted borrowing from Italian, plural of paparazzo.

• IPA^(key): /papaˈɾaθi/ [pa.paˈɾa.θi] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /papaˈɾasi/ [pa.paˈɾa.si] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aθi (Spain)
  • Rhymes: -asi (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Syllabification: pa‧pa‧raz‧zi
• IPA^(key): (everywhere, alternatively) /papaˈɾat͡ʃi/ [pa.paˈɾa.t͡ʃi]
  • Rhymes: -atʃi

paparazzi m (plural paparazzis)

1. paparazzo

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.

• “paparazzi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024