Etymology

Borrowing from Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo, from Signor Paparazzo, a photographer in the film La dolce vita by Federico Fellini.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) パパラ​ッチ [pàpáráꜜtchì] (Nakadaka - [3])
• IPA^(key): [pa̠pa̠ɾ̠a̠t̚t͡ɕi]