🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Paparazzi

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Paparazzi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
paparazzi/ˌpæpəˈrɑːtsi/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Paparazzi lauerten dem Sänger vor dem Studio auf."

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As noun
  1. 1

    Photographers who follow famous people everywhere in order to take photographs of them for newspapers and magazines.

    "The movie star was constantly surrounded by paparazzi."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed from Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo, a news photographer characterized by an aggressive pursuit of celebrities, popularized by Federico Fellini's film La Dolce Vita (1960).

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