world-famous

English

Etymology

Compound of world +‎ famous.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌwɜːldˈfeɪməs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌwɝldˈfeɪməs/
• Rhymes: -eɪməs

Adjective

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

1. Renowned universally; known worldwide.

   Synonym: world-renowned

   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 (bn) (biśśobikkhat)
• Bulgarian: световно известен (svetovno izvesten)
• Catalan: mundialment famós
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: světoznámý m
• Danish: verdensberømt
• Dutch: wereldberoemd (nl)
• Esperanto: mondfama
• Estonian: maailmakuulus
• Finnish: maailmankuulu (fi)
• French: mondialement connu
• German: weltbekannt (de), weltberühmt (de)
• Hungarian: világhírű (hu)
• Korean: 세계적(世界的)으로 유명한 (segyejeogeuro yumyeonghan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: verdensberømt, verdenskjent

• Russian: всеми́рно изве́стный (vsemírno izvéstnyj)
• Scots: ert-kent
• Spanish: mundialmente famoso
• Swedish: världsberömd (sv)
• Ukrainian: всесві́тньо відо́мий (vsesvítnʹo vidómyj), всесвітньовідо́мий (vsesvitnʹovidómyj) (nonstandard)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: byd-enwog
• Yiddish: וועלט־באַרימט (velt-barimt)