paparazzo

pa·pa·raz·zo

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pah-puh-raht-soh; Italian pah-pah-raht-tsaw]
- /ˌpɑ pəˈrɑt soʊ; Italian ˌpɑ pɑˈrɑt tsɔ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pah-puh-raht-soh; Italian pah-pah-raht-tsaw]
- /ˌpɑ pəˈrɑt soʊ; Italian ˌpɑ pɑˈrɑt tsɔ/

Definitions of paparazzo word

noun plural paparazzo a freelance photographer, especially one who takes candid pictures of celebrities for publication. 1
noun paparazzo press photographer 0
countable noun paparazzo The paparazzi are photographers who follow famous people around, hoping to take interesting or shocking photographs of them that they can sell to a newspaper. 0
noun paparazzo a freelance photographer who specializes in candid camera shots of famous people and often invades their privacy to obtain such photographs 0
noun paparazzo a photographer, often a freelance one, who takes candid shots, often in an intrusive manner, of celebrities for newspapers or magazines 0

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Origin of paparazzo

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

1965-70; < Italian, from the surname of such a photographer in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita (1959), after the name of a hotelkeeper in George Gissing's By the Ionian Sea (1901), read by Fellini in It translation at the time of the movie's producton

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Parts of speech for Paparazzo

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paparazzo popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for paparazzo

noun paparazzo

camerapeople — a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or TV camera.
cameraperson — a camera operator

All 2 Synonyms of paparazzo