fame

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Related terms 2 Galician 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 3 Italian 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Related terms 3.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin fama ‘talk, rumor, report, reputation’, from Greek φήμη (phḗmē) ‘talk’, from Proto-Indo-European *bheH₂-mā-, from *bheH₂- ‘to speak’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /feɪm/, SAMPA: /feIm/
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• Rhymes: -eɪm

[edit] Noun

fame (uncountable)

1. (rare) What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.
   • 1667, 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 — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 651-4
2. The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of.

[edit] Derived terms

• hall of fame
• walk of fame

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[edit] Verb

to fame (third-person singular simple present fames, present participle faming, simple past and past participle famed)

1. (transitive) to make (someone or something) famous

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• famed
• famous

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Noun

fame f. (plural fames)

1. hunger

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• (hunger): apetito

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈfaː.me], /ˈfame/, SAMPA: /"fame/
• Hyphenation: fà‧me

[edit] Noun

fame f. (plural fami)

1. hunger

   Ho fame. - I'm hungry.

[edit] Related terms

• affamare
• affamato
• famelico
• sfamare

[edit] Noun

fame f.

1. Plural form of fama.