renown
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French renon, from re- + non (“name”)
Pronunciation
Noun
renown (usually uncountable, plural renowns)
- Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 16:2:
- And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: […]
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, page 3:
- […] Nor envy we / Thy great Renown, nor grudge thy Victory; / 'Tis thine, O King, th' Afflicted to redreſs, / And Fame has fill'd the World with thy Succeſs; […]
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops
- There sleep the mighty dead as in life they slept, warriors and princes of high renown.
- 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, New York: Viking, Chapter Three, p. 63,[1]
- […] one day local fame would become world renown […]
- (obsolete) Reports of nobleness or exploits; praise.
- c. 1611 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,[2]
- […] She
- Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan,
- Of whom so often I have heard renown,
- But never saw before;
- c. 1611 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,[2]
Translations
Fame or wide recognition
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See also
Verb
renown (third-person singular simple present renowns, present participle renowning, simple past and past participle renowned)
- (transitive) To make famous.