fame
NounUS[feym]/feɪm/1 syllable
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Translations
Noun state of being famous
- Spanish
- fama
- French
- gloire
- German
- Ruhm
- Italian
- fama
- Portuguese
- fama
- Turkish
- şöhret
- Russian
- сла́ва sláva
- Arabic
- شُهْرَة šuhra
- Japanese
- 名声 meisei
- Dutch
- beroemdheid
24 more languages
- Polish
- sława
- Swedish
- berömmelse
- Greek
- φήμη fími
- Korean
- 유명 yumyeong
- Vietnamese
- danh tiếng
- Hungarian
- hírnév
- Portuguese (PT)
- fama
- Catalan
- fama
- Czech
- sláva
- Danish
- berømmelse
- Esperanto
- famo
- Estonian
- kuulsus
- Finnish
- kuuluisuus
- Georgian
- დიდება dideba
- Hebrew
- מוֹנִיטִין monitin
- Icelandic
- frægð
- Kurdish
- navûdeng
- Latvian
- slava
- Lithuanian
- šlovė
- Romanian
- faimă
- Scottish Gaelic
- cliù
- Slovak
- sláva
- Slovenian
- slava
- Swahili
- umaarufu
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Fame (fām), noun
Origin: OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr. … a saying, report, φάναι to speak. See Ban, and cf. Fable, Fate, Euphony, Blame.
1. Public report or rumor.
The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house.— Gen. xlv. 16.
2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.
I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.— William Shakespeare
Synonyms: Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation.
Fame transitive verb [past tense & past participle Famed,; present participle & verbal noun Faming.]
1. To report widely or honorably.
The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders.— John Milton
2. To make famous or renowned.
Those Hesperian gardens famed of old.— John Milton
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54