world-famous

English

Etymology

Compound of world +‎ famous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌwɜːldˈfeɪməs/
• IPA^(key): /ˌwɝldˈfeɪməs/
• Rhymes: -eɪməs

Adjective

world-famous (comparative more world-famous, superlative most world-famous)

1. Renowned universally; known worldwide.

   Albert Einstein is a world-famous scientist.

   • 1934 July 14, “Sinkiang Chief Predicts Early Suppression of Rebels”, in The China Weekly Review‎^[1], volume 69, number 7, →OCLC, page 257:

     Mr. Peng said that the world-famous scientist, Sven Hedin, was kidnapped by troops under General Ma in south Sinkiang, but was released later, and is believed to be safe and well at Akosu.

Translations

renowned in many parts of the world

• Bengali: বিশ্ববিখ্যাত (biśśôbikkhatô)
• Bulgarian: световно известен (svetovno izvesten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舉世聞名／举世闻名 (zh) (jǔshìwénmíng), 举世闻名 (zh) (jǔshìwénmíng)

• Czech: světoznámý m
• Danish: verdensberømt
• Dutch: wereldberoemd (nl)
• Esperanto: mondfama
• Finnish: maailmankuulu (fi)
• French: mondialement connu
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• German: weltbekannt (de), weltberühmt (de)
• Hungarian: világhírű (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: verdensberømt, verdenskjent

• Scots: ert-kent
• Swedish: världsberömd (sv)
• Ukrainian: всесві́тньо відо́мий (vsesvítnʹo vidómyj), всесвітньовідо́мий (vsesvitnʹovidómyj) (nonstandard)
• Yiddish: וועלט־באַרימט (velt-barimt)