famous

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman famous, from Old French fameus (modern French fameux).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪməs/
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Rhymes: -eɪməs
UK: fam‧ous; US: fa‧mous

Adjective

famous (comparative more famous, superlative most famous)

Well known.
In the public eye.
Some people are only famous within their city.

Synonyms

(well-known): See Thesaurus:famous
(in the public eye):

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

well known

Albanian: famshëm (sq), famëmadh (sq)
Arabic: مَشْهُور‎ m (mašhūr)
Armenian: հայտնի (hy) (haytni)
Azerbaijani: məşhur (az), tanınmış
Belarusian: вядо́мы (vjadómy)
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)
Esperanto: fama (eo)
Faroese: víðagitin
Finnish: kuuluisa (fi)
French: fameux (fr), célèbre (fr)
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), ὀνομαστός (onomastós)
Greenlandic: tusaamasaq
Hebrew: מפורסם‎ (mefursam)
Hungarian: híres (hu)
Icelandic: frægur (is)
Ido: famoza (io)
Indonesian: terkenal (id)
Interlingua: famose
Irish: cáiliúil
Italian: famoso (it) m, famosa (it) f
Japanese: 有名 (ja) (ゆうめい, yūmei), 高名 (こうめい, kōmei), 名高い (なだかい, nadakai)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 유명한 (yumyeonghan)
Latin: fāmōsus, nobilis (la), notus
Latvian: slavens
Luxembourgish: berühmt

Macedonian: познат (poznat)
Malay: masyhur
Maori: rongonui
Mirandese: afamado m, famoso m
Mongolian: алдарт (mn) (aldart)
Norman: fanmeux
Northern Sami: beakkálmas
Norwegian: berømt (no)
Old English: hlīsful
Old Norse: ágætr
Persian: نامدار‎ (fa) (nâmdâr), مشهور‎ (fa) (mašhur), معروف‎ (fa) (ma'ruf)
Polish: sławny (pl) m
Portuguese: famoso (pt) m
Romanian: celebru (ro), faimos (ro)
Romansch: famus
Russian: изве́стный (ru) m (izvéstnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach, ainmeil
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: познат

Roman: poznat (sh)
Slovak: slávny
Slovene: slaven
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: znaty

Upper Sorbian: sławny
Spanish: famoso (es)
Swedish: känd (sv), berömd (sv)
Tagalog: kilala (tl)
Thai: มีชื่อเสียง, โด่งดัง (th)
Tibetan: སྐད་གྲགས (skad grags)
Turkish: meşhur (tr), ünlü (tr)
Ukrainian: відо́мий (vidómyj)
Vietnamese: nổi tiếng (vi), nổi danh (vi)
Welsh: enwog (cy)
West Frisian: ferneamde

in the public eye

Arabic: مَشْهُور‎ m (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
Finnish: kuuluisa (fi)
French: célèbre (fr)
Georgian: ცნობილი (ka) (cnobili), ცნობილი პირი (cnobili ṗiri), სახელგანთქმული პირი (saxelgantkmuli ṗiri)

German: berühmt (de)
Hungarian: híres (hu)
Portuguese: conhecido (pt)
Russian: изве́стный (ru) (izvéstnyj), знамени́тый (ru) (znamenítyj), просла́вленный (ru) (proslávlennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach, ainmeil, allail
Slovene: znamenit, slaven
Tagalog: kilala (tl)
Turkish: meşhur (tr), ünlü (tr)
Ukrainian: знамени́тий (znamenýtyj), славе́тний (slavétnyj), сла́вний (slávnyj), відо́мий (vidómyj)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} מפורסם‎ (m'fursam)
Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} مه‌شهوور‎[translit?], ^{(please verify)} به‌ناوبانگ‎[translit?], ^{(please verify)} ناودار‎ (ku)[translit?]
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)

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

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