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Pronunciation / Transliteration: yeon-ye-in jjak-sa-rang
"그녀의 최애 연예인 짝사랑은 유명한 배우이다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An infatuation or romantic admiration held by an individual toward a famous person whom they do not personally know.
"She has had a massive celebrity crush on that Hollywood actor since watching his breakout film." - 2
The specific famous person who is the object of this widespread public infatuation.
"He admitted in an interview that his ultimate celebrity crush was a famous international pop singer."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a compound formed by combining 'celebrity', derived from Latin 'celebritas' meaning multitude or renown, and 'crush', an English colloquialism dating to the late 19th century denoting a brief, intense infatuation. Emerging strongly in contemporary pop culture and digital media during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, it describes the widespread phenomenon of harboring romantic or passionate admiration for a famous public figure.
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idole romantique
Transliteration: i.dɔl ʁɔ.mɑ̃.tik
"Son idole romantique actuelle est un célèbre acteur de cinéma."
Promi-Schwarm
Transliteration: ˈpʁoːmi ˌʃvaʁm
"Ihr absoluter Promi-Schwarm ist ein bekannter Musiker."
cotta celebre
Transliteration: ˈkɔt.ta ˈtʃɛ.le.bre
"La sua cotta celebre è apparsa sulla copertina della rivista."
amor platónico
Transliteration: aˈmoɾ plaˈto.ni.ko
"Su amor platónico es una famosa actriz de Hollywood."
paixonite por famoso
Transliteration: paj.ʃuˈni.tʃi puɾ faˈmo.zu
"A paixonite dela por aquele cantor dura anos."
सेलिब्रिटी क्रश
Transliteration: selebriti krash
"उसका बचपन का सेलिब्रिटी क्रश एक लोकप्रिय अभिनेता था।"
明星迷恋
Transliteration: míng xīng mí liàn
"她的头号明星迷恋对象是一位歌手。"
연예인 짝사랑
Transliteration: yeon-ye-in jjak-sa-rang
"그녀의 최애 연예인 짝사랑은 유명한 배우이다."
推しメン
Transliteration: oshimen
"彼女の憧れのセレブの推しメンは世界的に有名です。"
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