famous

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman famous, from Old French fameus (modern French fameux).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪməs/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪməs
UK: fam‧ous; US: fa‧mous

Adjective

famous (comparative more famous, superlative most famous)

Well known.
In the public eye.
Some people are only famous within their city.

Synonyms

(well-known): For semantic relationships of this sense, see famous in the Thesaurus.
(in the public eye):

Derived terms

Related terms

famous last words

Translations

well known

Albanian: famshëm (sq), famëmadh (sq)
Arabic: مَشْهُور‎‎ m (mašhūr)
Armenian: հայտնի (hy) (haytni)
Bulgarian: прочу̀т (bg) (pročùt), извѐстен (bg) (izvѐsten)
Catalan: famós (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 出名 (ceot¹ meng²)

Mandarin: 有名 (zh) (yǒumíng), 著名 (zh) (zhùmíng)
Czech: slavný (cs) m, proslulý (cs), věhlasný
Dutch: beroemd (nl)
Esperanto: fama (eo)
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)
Ancient Greek: κλεινός (kleinós)
Hebrew: מפורסם‎‎ (mefursam)
Hungarian: híres (hu)
Icelandic: frægur (is)
Ido: famoza (io)
Indonesian: terkenal (id)
Interlingua: famose
Irish: cáiliúil
Italian: famoso (it) m, famosa (it) f
Japanese: 有名 (ja) (yūmei), 高名 (kōmei), 名高い (nadakai)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can

Korean: 유명한 (yumyeonghan)
Latin: nobilis (la), notus
Malay: masyhur
Maori: rongonui
Mirandese: afamado m, famoso m
Mongolian: алдарт (mn) (aldart)
Norman: fanmeux
Northern Sami: beakkálmas
Norwegian: berømt
Old English: æþele, breme, cuþ, domlic, foremære, fullcuþ, hlisful, mære, mærlic, namcuþ, tiredig, tirfæst, gefræge, frege, hlisig
Old Norse: ágætr
Persian: نامدار‎‎ (fa) (nâmdâr), مشهور‎‎ (fa) (mašhur), معروف‎‎ (fa) (ma'ruf)
Polish: sławny (pl) m
Portuguese: famoso (pt) m
Romanian: celebru (ro), faimos (ro)
Russian: изве́стный (ru) m (izvéstnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach, ainmeil
Serbo-Croatian: poznat (sh)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: znaty
Spanish: famoso (es)
Swedish: känd (sv), berömd (sv)
Tagalog: kilala (tl)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: meşhur (tr), ünlü (tr)
Vietnamese: nổi tiếng (vi), nổi danh (vi)
Welsh: enwog (cy)
West Frisian: ferneamde

in the public eye

Arabic: مَشْهُور‎‎ m (mašhūr)
Bulgarian: известен (bg) (izvesten), знаменит (bg) (znamenit)
Catalan: cèlebre (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有名 (zh) (yǒumíng), 著名 (zh) (zhùmíng)
Dutch: alom bekend
Finnish: kuuluisa (fi)
French: célèbre (fr)

Georgian: ცნობილი (ka) (cnobili), ცნობილი პირი (cnobili ṗiri), სახელგანთქმული პირი (saxelgantkmuli ṗiri)
German: berühmt (de)
Hungarian: híres (hu)
Portuguese: conhecido (pt)
Russian: изве́стный (ru) m (izvéstnyj), знамени́тый (ru) m (znamenítyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach, ainmeil, allail
Tagalog: kilala (tl)
Turkish: meşhur (tr), ünlü (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

Slovene: ^{(please verify)} slavne
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} famoso (es)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} berömd

Verb

famous (third-person singular simple present famouses, present participle famousing, simple past and past participle famoused)

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

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