socialite

See also: socialité

English

Etymology

From social (“pertaining to high society”) +‎ -ite, perhaps as a play on social light, in imitation of words in -ite.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

socialite (plural socialites)

1. A person (often a woman) of social prominence, considered to be an influential figure.
2. A person who goes to fashionable parties and is often written about in the newspapers, etc.
   • 2008, Mike Cooley, Lisa's Birthday:

     Goodnight all you socialites don't wait up for me.

Translations

person of prominence and influence

• French: socialite (fr) m or f
• German: Gesellschaftsdame f, Salonlöwe (de) m
• Indonesian: sosialita
• Italian: mondano (it) m, mondana (it) f
• Polish: lew salonowy m, lwica salonowa f
• Portuguese: socialite (pt) m or f, socialaite (pt) m or f
• Russian: све́тская льви́ца (ru) f (svétskaja lʹvíca, literally “worldly lioness”)
• Spanish: socialite m or f, socialité (es) m or f, famosillo m, sóushelait m or f

Further reading

• socialite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aeolistic, aeolistic

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English socialite.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.si.aˈli.t͡ʃi/ [so.sɪ.aˈli.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /so.sjaˈli.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.si.aˈli.t͡ʃi/ [so.sɪ.aˈli.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /so.sjaˈli.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.si.aˈli.te/ [so.sɪ.aˈli.te], (faster pronunciation) /so.sjaˈli.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.sjɐˈli.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: so‧ci‧a‧li‧te

Noun

socialite m or f by sense (plural socialites)

1. socialite

Spanish

Alternative forms

• socialité
• sóushelait

Etymology

Borrowed from English socialite.

Noun

socialite m or f by sense (plural socialites)

1. socialite

Further reading

• socialite/socialité | FundéuRAE (fundeu.es)