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paparazzi en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • pä'pə-räʹtsē (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /-si/ (Northern-England)
  • /-si/ (Scotland)
  • /ˌpæ.pəˈɹæt.si/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌpa.pəˈɹat.sɪ/ (Northern-England)
  • pă'pə-răʹtsē (UK)
  • /ˌpɑ.pəˈɹɑt.si/ (US)
  • /ˌpa.pəˈɹat.sɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˌpa.pəˈɾat.si/ (Wales)
  • /ˌpa.pəˈɾat.se/ (Scotland)
  • /-sɪ/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of paparazzo
    form of paparazzo
    • A number of paparazzi were there to take pictures, clearly having received a further tip-off about the party’s movements. 2004, Noel Botham, The Murder of Princess Diana, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 168:
    • “Do you know how many paparazzi stalk those midtown hotels? […]” 2007, Stanley Hart, “Oh, Brother”, in Two Novellas, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 99:
    • A number of paparazzi had gate-crashed, as had a famous tennis-player and a couple of pop-singers. 1985, Francis King, One Is a Wanderer: Selected Stories, Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 312:
  2. (alt-of, alternative, countable) Alternative form of paparazzo.
    alt of paparazzo
    • What if someone I know sees me? Or what if a paparazzi is lurking somewhere? 2005, Jude Idada, “Ouch!”, in A Box of Chocolates, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 221:
    • A paparazzi is investigating the lives of a Royal couple. 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:
    • The job of a paparazzi is, roughly, to ‘reveal the truth’ about the rich and the famous. 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:
  3. (uncountable) Paparazzi taken as a group.
    • Rather, the business paparazzi is armoring itself for a backlash campaign against the entrepreneurial big mouths. 2001, Geert Lovink, “The Rise and Fall of Dotcom Mania”, in Dark Fiber: Tracking Critical Internet Culture, MIT Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 354:
    • “Tell Page that PAPARAZZI is here, in my apartment. And then tell her that their offices are right across from us …” 1989, Carol Muske-Dukes, Dear Digby, Viking, →ISBN, page 148:
    • 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 2006, Kisha Green, And Even If I Did, iUniverse, →ISBN, page vi:

Forms

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paparazzis Number=Plur lexicographic
paparazzi Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

stalkerazzi · mamarazzi · stalkarazzi · antipaparazzi · paparazzied · hackerazzi · momarazzi · snaparazzi · paparazzification

Relateds

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