noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:pă'pə-răʹtsō
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌpæ.pəˈɹæt.səʊ/
British, Southern, Standard:/ˌpa.pəˈɹat.səw/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Wales:/ˌpa.pəˈɾat.soː/
Scotland:/ˌpa.pəˈɾat.so/
US:pä'pə-räʹtsō
US:/ˌpɑ.pəˈɹɑt.soʊ/
1
noun
Meaning 1
A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
That man with the camera over there is a paparazzo.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: photographer, lensman
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian paparazzo, from the name of Coriolano Paparazzo, a character in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بَابَارَاتْزِي
(bābārātzī)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Arabic:
ببراتزي
(babarātzi, babarātsi)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Arabic:
پپراتزي
(paparātzi, paparātsi)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Armenian:
պապարացի
(paparacʻi)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Armenian:
պապարացո
(paparacʻo)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Armenian:
պապարացա
(paparacʻa)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Azerbaijani:
paparatsi
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Bengali:
পাপারাৎসি
(paparatśi)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Bengali:
পাপারাজ্জি
(paparajji)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Catalan:
paparazzo
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Chinese Cantonese:
狗仔隊 /狗仔队
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Chinese Mandarin:
狗仔隊 /狗仔队
(gǒuzǎiduì)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Danish:
paparazzofotograf
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Dutch:
paparazzo
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Esperanto:
paparaco
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Estonian:
paparazzo
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Estonian:
võsafotograaf
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Finnish:
paparazzi
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Finnish:
lehtikuvaaja
— freelance photographer of celebrities
French:
paparazzo
— freelance photographer of celebrities
French:
paparazzi
— freelance photographer of celebrities
German:
Paparazzo
— freelance photographer of celebrities
German:
Paparazza
— freelance photographer of celebrities
German:
Skandalreporter
— freelance photographer of celebrities
German:
Skandalreporterin
— freelance photographer of celebrities
German:
Sensationsreporter
— freelance photographer of celebrities
German:
Sensationsreporterin
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Greek:
παπαράτσι
(paparátsi)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Hebrew:
פָּפָּרַאצִי
(papparátzi)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Hindi:
पापारात्सी
(pāpārātsī)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Hungarian:
lesifotós
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Indonesian:
paparazi
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Italian:
paparazzo
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Italian:
paparazza
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Japanese:
パパラッチ
(paparatchi)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Khmer:
អ្នកប្រមាញ់រូប
(nĕək prɑɑmañ ruup)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Korean:
파파라치
(paparachi)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Lithuanian:
paparacas
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Malay:
paparazi
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Persian:
پاپاراتزی
(pâpârâtzi)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Polish:
paparazzo
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Polish:
paparazzi
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Portuguese:
paparazzo
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Russian:
папара́цци
(paparácci)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Serbo-Croatian:
папарацо
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Serbo-Croatian:
папараззо
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Serbo-Croatian:
paparaco
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Serbo-Croatian:
paparazzo
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Sicilian:
paparazzu
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Spanish:
paparazi
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Spanish:
paparazzi
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Spanish:
paparatsi
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Tamil:
பப்பராத்சி
(papparātci)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Tamil:
பப்பராத்சோ
(papparātcō)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Tamil:
பப்பராத்சா
(papparātcā)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Thai:
ปาปารัสซี
(bpaa-bpaa-rát-sii)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Turkish:
paparazi
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Ukrainian:
папара́ці
(paparáci)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Vietnamese:
thợ săn ảnh
— freelance photographer of celebrities
Yiddish:
פּאַפּאַראַצי
(paparatsi)
— freelance photographer of celebrities
