world-renowned

English

Etymology

Compound of world +‎ renowned.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):

  (file)

Adjective

world-renowned (not comparable)

1. Of worldwide renown; known and respected internationally.

   Synonym: world-famous

   • 2013 July 10, Daniel Prendergast, “‘You don’t have the cojones’: 54-year-old woman fronts up to would-be muggers who pointed gun at her chest”, in New York Post‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 August 2016:

     The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday.

Translations

of worldwide renown

• Finnish: maailmankuulu (fi)
• French: de renommée mondiale
• Yiddish: וועלט־באַרימט (velt-barimt)