celeb

English

Etymology

Clipping of celebrity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈlɛb/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛb

Noun

celeb (plural celebs)

1. (informal) A celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated.
   • 2007, Jen Jones, Being Famous, Capstone, →ISBN, page 118:

     Just in case you thought celebs stay famous on their own, think again. There's a whole pack of people who help a star each day

Derived terms

• celebdom
• Celebgate
• e-celeb
• Instaceleb
• pro-celeb
• web celeb

 

Translations

a celebrity

• Finnish: julkkis (fi) (colloquial), julkimo (fi) (colloquial)
• German: Promi (de) m or f
• Italian: celebrità (it) f
• Japanese: セレブ (ja) (serebu)
• Korean: 셀럽 (selleop)
• Polish: celebryta (pl) m, celebrytka (pl) f
• Swedish: kändis (sv) c

Anagrams

• Lebec