celeb

English

Etymology

Clipping of celebrity.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /səˈlɛb/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛb

Noun

celeb (plural celebs)

(informal) A celebrity; a famous person.
- 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

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

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