fame
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English, from Old French fame (“celebrity, renown”), from Latin fāma (“talk, rumor, report, reputation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₂meh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₂- (“to speak, say, tell”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φήμη (phēmē, “talk”). Related also to Latin for (“speak, say”, v), Old English bōian (“to boast”), Old English bēn (“prayer, request”), Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim”). More at ban.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
fame (uncountable)
- (now rare) What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 651-4:
- There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create, and therein plant / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour […].
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 23:
- If the accused could produce a specified number of honest neighbours to swear publicly that the suspicion was unfounded, and if no one else came forward to contradict them convincingly, the charge was dropped: otherwise the common fame was held to be true.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 651-4:
- One's reputation.
- The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of.
- Shakespeare
- I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.
- Shakespeare
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
state of being famous
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Verb [edit]
fame (third-person singular simple present fames, present participle faming, simple past and past participle famed)
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) famous.
Related terms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Asturian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin fames.
Noun [edit]
fame f (plural fames)
- hunger
- Teníemos fame.
- We're hungry.
- Teníemos fame.
Esperanto [edit]
Adverb [edit]
fame
Related terms [edit]
Galician [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin fames.
Noun [edit]
fame f (plural fames)
Synonyms [edit]
- (hunger): apetito
Interlingua [edit]
Noun [edit]
fame
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin fames.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
fame f (plural fami)
- hunger
- Ho fame. - I'm hungry.
Related terms [edit]
Noun [edit]
fame f
- Plural form of fama
Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
fame
- ablative singular of famēs
Old French [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin femina.
Noun [edit]
fame f (oblique plural fames, nominative singular fame, nominative plural fames)
Usage notes [edit]
Descendants [edit]
- French: femme
Spanish [edit]
Noun [edit]
fame f (plural fames)
- Obsolete form of hambre.
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