renown

English

Etymology

Old French renon, from re- + non (“name”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈnaʊn/
• Rhymes: -aʊn

Noun

renown (uncountable)

1. Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
   • Dryden

     Nor envy we thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops

     There sleep the mighty dead as in life they slept, warriors and princes of high renown.

2. Reports of nobleness or exploits; praise.
   • Shakespeare

     This famous duke of Milan, / Of whom so often I have heard renown.

Translations

Fame or wide recognition

• Arabic: شهرة f
• Czech: renomé n
• Esperanto: distingo
• Finnish: maine (fi), kuuluisuus (fi)
• French: renom (fr) m
• German: Ansehen (de) n, Ruf (de) m, Ruhm (de) m
• Greek: φήμη (el) f (fími), δόξα (el) f (dóxa)
• Hebrew: מוֹנִיטִין (he) m pl (monitin)
• Irish: clú m

• Italian: rinomanza f, celebrità f, fama (it) f
• Manx: ard-ennym m
• Polish: renoma (pl) f
• Portuguese: renome (pt) m
• Romanian: renume (ro), faimă (ro) f
• Russian: известность (ru) f (izvéstnost’)
• Scottish Gaelic: cliù m
• Spanish: renombre (es) m, distinción (es) f, fama (es) f
• Swedish: ryktbarhet c, anseende (sv) n, namnkunnighet c

See also

• renowned