famous

English

Etymology

From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin fāmōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪməs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪməs
• UK: fam‧ous; US: fa‧mous

Adjective

famous (comparative more famous, superlative most famous)

1. Well known.
2. In the public eye.

   Some people are only famous within their city.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• famousest
• famously
• famousness
• infamous
• infamously
• infamousness
• nonfamous
• nonfamousness

Related terms

• fame
• famous last words

Translations

well known

• Albanian: famshëm (sq), famëmadh (sq)
• Arabic: مَشْهُور m (mašhūr)

  Egyptian Arabic: مشهور (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)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• 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), termahsyur
• Interlingua: famose
• Irish: cáiliúil
• Italian: famoso (it) m, famosa (it) f
• Japanese: 有名 (ja) (ゆうめい, yūmei), 高名 (ja) (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 (la)
• Latvian: slavens
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• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: berühmt
• Macedonian: познат (poznat)
• Malay: masyhur
• Manchu: ᡤᡝᠪᡠᠩᡤᡝ (gebungge)
• Maori: rongonui
• Mirandese: afamado m, famoso m
• Mongolian: алдарт (mn) (aldart)
• Norman: fanmeux
• Northern Sami: beakkálmas
• Norwegian: berømt (no)
• Old English: hlīsful, ġefrǣġe
• Old Norse: ágætr
• Persian: نامدار (fa) (nâmdâr), مشهور (fa) (mašhur), معروف (fa) (ma'ruf)
• Polish: sławny (pl) m
• Portuguese: famoso (pt) m, afamado (pt) m, célebre (pt)
• 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, známy (sk)
• Slovene: slaven
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: znaty

  Upper Sorbian: sławny

• Spanish: famoso (es), célebre (es), afamado (es) m
• 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
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kuuluisa (fi)
• French: célèbre (fr)
• Georgian: ცნობილი (ka) (cnobili), ცნობილი პირი (cnobili ṗiri), სახელგანთქმული პირი (saxelgantkmuli ṗiri)
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• German: berühmt (de)
• Hungarian: híres (hu)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: conhecido (pt)
• Russian: изве́стный (ru) (izvéstnyj), знамени́тый (ru) (znamenítyj), просла́вленный (ru) (proslávlennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach, ainmeil, allail
• Slovak: známy (sk)
• 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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} מפורסם (m'fursam)
• Kurdish: [translit?], [translit?], [translit?]
• Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} പ്രശസ്ത (ml) (praśasta)
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} mǣre
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• 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)

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