Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarento

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tar-en-to
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A celebrity who regularly appears on mass media in Japan, especially as a panelist on variety shows.

Example Sentences

"It was the first baby for the 37-year-old pro golfer, the daughter of former Seibu Lions manager Osamu Higashio and the much younger wife of fellow tarento Junichi Ishida."
"Every time I go to Japan, I'm amazed that the same pop stars and tarentos (the Japanese rendition of television "talents") who were around when I was a kid are still there."
"Imai and her brother's snowboarding careers were all but over within a year or two of Turin. They became tarentos, a Japanese word for a Kardashian-type celebrity who is famous for being famous, and both pursued acting."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese タレント (tarento, “television star”), from English talent. Doublet of talent.

Origin

Source language: English

Word Breakdown

Root: talent

Inflected Forms

tarentos (plural)

Questions

What does tarento mean?: A celebrity who regularly appears on mass media in Japan, especially as a panelist on variety shows.
Where does tarento come from?: It is traced to English.

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