fame

English

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French fame (“celebrity, renown”), from Latin fāma (“talk, rumor, report, reputation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₂mā-, 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

• IPA: /feɪm/, SAMPA: /feIm/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪm

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.

Derived terms

• hall of fame
• walk of fame

Translations

state of being famous

Catalan: fama f. Czech: sláva (cs) f., věhlas (cs) m., proslulost (cs) f. Danish: berømmelse (da) c. Dutch: bekendheid (nl) f. Esperanto: famo (eo) Finnish: maine (fi), kuuluisuus (fi) Greek: φήμη (feme) f., δόξα (doksa) f. Hebrew: מוֹנִיטִין (he) m. pl. Icelandic: frægð (is) f. Italian: fama (it) f. Japanese:有名 (ja) (ゆうめい, yumei) Kurdish: ناوبانگ Manx: ard-ennym (gv) m.

Persian: شهرت (fa) Polish: sława (pl) f. Portuguese: fama (pt) f. Romanian: faimă  (ro) Russian: слава (ru) f., известность (ru) f. Scottish Gaelic: cliù (gd) m. Slovak: sláva (sk) f. Spanish: fama (es) f. Swahili: fora (sw), umaarufu (sw) Swedish: berömmelse (sv) c., (colloquial) kändisskap (sv) n. Turkish: ün (tr) Ukrainian: слава (uk) f., відомість (uk) f.

Verb

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

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

Related terms

• famed
• famous

Anagrams

• FEMA

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Esperanto

Adverb

fame

1. famously

Related terms

• fama

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Galician

Noun

fame f. (plural fames)

1. hunger

Synonyms

• (hunger): apetito

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Interlingua

Noun

fame

1. hunger

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin fames.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fame f. (plural fami)

1. hunger

   Ho fame. - I'm hungry.

Related terms

• affamare
• affamato
• famelico
• sfamare

Noun

fame f.

1. Plural form of fama.

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Latin

Noun

fame

1. ablative singular of famēs

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Old French

Alternative forms

• fam

Etymology

Latin femina.

Noun

fame f. (oblique plural fames, nominative singular fame, nominative plural fames)

1. wife, female partner
2. woman

Usage notes

• unlike modern French, fam usually refers to a wife, while dame refers to a woman

Descendants

• French: femme