famous

English

Etymology

From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin fāmōsus, equivalent to fame +‎ -ous. Displaced native Old English hlīsful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪməs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪməs

Adjective

famous (comparative more famous, superlative most famous)

1. Well known.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:famous

   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:

     By this my ſword that conquer’d Perſea,
     Thy fall ſhall make me famous through the world:

2. In the public eye.

   Some people are only famous within their city.

Derived terms

• e-famous
• famous for being famous
• famous last words
• famously
• famousness
• infamous
• infamously
• infamousness
• Internet famous
• nonfamous
• nonfamousness
• uber-famous
• unfamous
• world-famous

 

Related terms

• fame

Translations

well known

Afrikaans: beroemd Albanian: famshëm (sq), famëmadh (sq) Arabic: مَشْهُور (ar) m (mašhūr), شَهِير (ar) m (šahīr) Egyptian Arabic: مشهور (mašhūr) Armenian: հայտնի (hy) (haytni) Azerbaijani: tanınmış Basque: famatu Belarusian: вядо́мы (vjadómy) Bengali: বিখ্যাত (bn) (bikkhat), মশহুর (bn) (mośohur), নামজাদা (bn) (namjada) Bulgarian: прочу́т (bg) (pročút), изве́стен (bg) (izvésten) Catalan: famós (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 出名 (ceot1 meng2) Mandarin: 有名 (zh) (yǒumíng), 著名 (zh) (zhùmíng) Czech: slavný (cs), proslulý (cs), věhlasný Danish: berømt (da) Dutch: beroemd (nl) Egyptian: (rḫḫy) Esperanto: fama (eo) Estonian: kuulus Faroese: víðagitin Finnish: kuuluisa (fi) French: fameux (fr), célèbre (fr), connu (fr) m Galician: de sona, famoso (gl), afamado Georgian: სახელოვანი (saxelovani), ცნობილი (ka) (cnobili), სახელგანთქმული (saxelgantkmuli), სახელმოხვეჭილი (saxelmoxveč̣ili) German: bekannt (de), berühmt (de) Greek: διάσημος (el) (diásimos), περίφημος (el) (perífimos) Ancient: κλεινός (kleinós), κλειτός (kleitós), ὀνομαστός (onomastós) Greenlandic: tusaamasaq Hawaiian: kaulana Hebrew: מפורסם (mefursam) Hindi: प्रसिद्ध (hi) m (prasiddh), प्रख्यात (prakhyāt), विख्यात (hi) (vikhyāt), नामी (hi) (nāmī) Hungarian: híres (hu) Icelandic: frægur (is) Ido: famoza (io) Indonesian: terkenal (id), termahsyur Ingrian: kuuluisa Interlingua: famose Irish: cáiliúil Italian: famoso (it) Japanese: 有名 (ja) (ゆうめい, yūmei), 高名 (ja) (こうめい, kōmei), 名高い (ja) (なだかい, nadakai) Kazakh: әйгілі (äigılı), мәшһүр (mäşhür) Khmer: ល្បី (km) (lbəy) Korean: 유명한 (yumyeonghan) Latin: fāmōsus, inclitus, nobilis (la), notus (la) Latvian: slavens Ligurian: famôzo Lithuanian: garsus, įžymus, gerai žinomas Luxembourgish: berühmt Macedonian: познат (poznat) Malay: terkenal (ms), masyhur (ms) Malayalam: പ്രശസ്ത (ml) (praśasta), പ്രശസ്തമായ (praśastamāya), പേരുകേട്ട (pērukēṭṭa) Manchu: ᡤᡝᠪᡠᠩᡤᡝ (gebungge) Mansaka: bantogan Maori: rongonui Mirandese: afamado, famoso Mongolian: алдарт (mn) (aldart) Neapolitan: famuso Nepali: प्रसिद्ध (prasiddha) Norman: fanmeux Northern Sami: beakkálmas Norwegian: berømt (no), kjent (no) Old English: hlīsful Old Norse: ágætr Ottoman Turkish: بللی (belli) Persian: نامدار (fa) (nâmdâr), مشهور (fa) (mašhur), معروف (fa) (ma'ruf) Plautdietsch: beriemt, huachberiemt Polish: sławny (pl), słynny (pl) Portuguese: famoso (pt), afamado (pt), célebre (pt) Romanian: celebru (ro), faimos (ro) Romansch: famus Russian: изве́стный (ru) (izvéstnyj) Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach, ainmeil Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: познат Roman: poznat (sh) Slovak: slávny, známy (sk) Slovene: slaven Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: znaty Upper Sorbian: sławny Spanish: famoso (es), célebre (es), afamado (es), conocido (es) Swedish: känd (sv), berömd (sv) Tagalog: kilala (tl) Tarantino: famuse Thai: มีชื่อเสียง, โด่งดัง (th) (dòong-dang) Tibetan: སྐད་གྲགས (skad grags) Turkish: meşhur (tr), ünlü (tr) Ukrainian: відо́мий (vidómyj) Vietnamese: nổi tiếng (vi) (𬈗㗂), nổi danh (vi) (𬈗名) Welsh: enwog (cy) West Frisian: ferneamde Western Bukidnon Manobo: mevantug Yakut: ааттаах (aattaaq)

in the public eye

Arabic: مَشْهُور (ar) (mašhūr) Belarusian: славу́ты (slavúty), сла́ўны (sláŭny), вядо́мы (vjadómy) Bulgarian: изве́стен (bg) (izvésten), знамени́т (bg) (znamenít) Catalan: cèlebre (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 有名 (zh) (yǒumíng), 著名 (zh) (zhùmíng) Dutch: alom bekend Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kuuluisa (fi) French: célèbre (fr) Georgian: ცნობილი (ka) (cnobili), ცნობილი პირი (cnobili ṗiri), სახელგანთქმული პირი (saxelgantkmuli ṗiri) German: berühmt (de) Hindi: मशहूर (hi) (maśhūr), प्रसिद्ध (hi) (prasiddh), प्रख्यात (prakhyāt), विख्यात (hi) (vikhyāt) Hungarian: híres (hu) Ingrian: kuuluisa Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Malayalam: പ്രശസ്ത (ml) (praśasta) Portuguese: conhecido (pt) Russian: изве́стный (ru) (izvéstnyj), знамени́тый (ru) (znamenítyj), просла́вленный (ru) (proslávlennyj) Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach, ainmeil, allail Slovak: známy (sk) Slovene: znamenit, slaven Tagalog: kilala (tl) Turkish: meşhur (tr), ünlü (tr) Ukrainian: знамени́тий (znamenýtyj), славе́тний (slavétnyj), сла́вний (slávnyj), відо́мий (vidómyj)

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Hebrew: (please verify) מפורסם (m'fursam) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: (please verify) مەشھوور (meşhûr), (please verify) بەناوبانگ (ckb) (nenâwbâng), (please verify) ناودار (nâwdar) Malayalam: (please verify) പ്രശസ്ത (ml) (praśasta) Old English: (please verify) mǣre Slovene: (please verify) slavne Spanish: (please verify) famoso (es) Swedish: (please verify) berömd (sv)

Verb

famous (third-person singular simple present famouses, present participle famousing, simple past and past participle famoused)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make famous; to bring renown to.