noun
Meaning 1
A rite or ceremony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
celebrity
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /sɪˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ti/
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General-American: /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/
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CMU ARPABET: S AH0 L EH1 B R IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: uncommon outside high registers
Examples
- Many of those that envy celebrities aspire to celebrity themselves.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: big name, distinction, fame, eminence, renown
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: big name, star, celeb, sleb, luminary, notable, media darling
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a widely known person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was a baseball celebrity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: famous person
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: important person, influential person, personage
Narrower terms: immortal, lion, social lion, luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable, notability, personality, toast
noun
Meaning 5
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fame, renown
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: honor, honour, laurels
History
Etymology
From Middle English celebritē, from Old French celebrite (compare French célébrité), from Latin celēbritās.
Across languages
Translations
125 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: beroemde persoon — famous person
- Arabic: نَجْم (najm) — famous person
- Arabic: نَجْمَة (najma) — famous person
- Belarusian: знакамі́тасць (znakamítascʹ) — famous person
- Belarusian: зо́рка (zórka) — famous person
- Bulgarian: знамени́тост (znamenítost) — famous person
- Bulgarian: звезда́ (zvezdá) — famous person
- Catalan: celebritat — famous person
- Chinese Mandarin: 名人 (míngrén) — famous person
- Chinese Mandarin: 明星 (míngxīng) — famous person
- Chinese Mandarin: 名士 (míngshì) — famous person
- Chinese Mandarin: 名流 (míngliú) — famous person
- Czech: celebrita — famous person
- Czech: hvězda — famous person
- Danish: kendt — famous person
- Danish: kendis — famous person
- Danish: celebritet — famous person
- Dutch: beroemdheid — famous person
- Esperanto: famulo — famous person
- Estonian: prominent — famous person
- Finnish: julkisuuden henkilö — famous person
- Finnish: julkkis — famous person
- French: célébrité — famous person
- French: people — famous person
- Galician: celebridade — famous person
- Georgian: ცნობილი ადამიანი (cnobili adamiani) — famous person
- Georgian: ცნობილი სახე (cnobili saxe) — famous person
- Georgian: სახელგანთქმული პირი (saxelgantkmuli ṗiri) — famous person
- German: berühmte Person — famous person
- German: Prominenter — famous person
- German: Prominente — famous person
- German: Promi — famous person
- German: Star — famous person
- German: Berühmtheit — famous person
- German: Celebrity — famous person
- German: Zelebrität — famous person
- German: Bekanntheit — famous person
- German: berühmte Persönlichkeit — famous person
- Greek: διασημότητα (diasimótita) — famous person
- Hebrew: יְדוּעָן (yedu'án) — famous person
- Hebrew: סֶלֶבְּרִיטִי (selébriti) — famous person
- Hebrew: סֶלֶבּ (seléb) — famous person
- Hungarian: híresség — famous person
- Hungarian: sztár — famous person
- Ido: famozo — famous person
- Indonesian: pesohor — famous person
- Indonesian: orang tenar — famous person
- Italian: celebrità — famous person
- Japanese: 有名人 (yūmeijin) — famous person
- Japanese: 名士 (meishi) — famous person
- Japanese: セレブ (serebu) — famous person
- Japanese: セレブリティー (sereburitī) — famous person
- Kazakh: атақты адам (ataqty adam) — famous person
- Kazakh: даңқты адам (dañqty adam) — famous person
- Korean: 유명인 (yumyeong'in) — famous person
- Korean: 실레브리티 (sillebeuriti) — famous person
- Korean: 연예인 (yeonyein) — famous person
- Latvian: slavenība — famous person
- Lithuanian: įžymybė — famous person
- Malay: selebriti — famous person
- Māori: hautupua — famous person
- Norwegian Bokmål: berømthet — famous person
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjendis — famous person
- Norwegian Bokmål: celebritet — famous person
- Norwegian Bokmål: selebritet — famous person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjendis — famous person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: celebritet — famous person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: selebritet — famous person
- Persian: سلبریتی (selebriti) — famous person
- Persian: ستاره (setâre) — famous person
- Polish: celebryta — famous person
- Polish: celebrytka — famous person
- Polish: gwiazda — famous person
- Polish: osobowość medialna — famous person
- Portuguese: celebridade — famous person
- Portuguese: colunável — famous person
- Russian: знамени́тость (znamenítostʹ) — famous person
- Russian: селе́брити (selébriti) — famous person
- Russian: селе́ба (seléba) — famous person
- Russian: звезда́ (zvezdá) — famous person
- Serbo-Croatian: slavna osoba — famous person
- Slovak: celebrita — famous person
- Slovak: hviezda — famous person
- Spanish: celebridad — famous person
- Spanish: celebrity — famous person
- Swedish: kändis — famous person
- Swedish: celebritet — famous person
- Swedish: känd person — famous person
- Turkish: ünlü — famous person
- Ukrainian: знамени́тість (znamenýtistʹ) — famous person
- Ukrainian: зі́рка (zírka) — famous person
- Vietnamese: danh nhân — famous person
- Zazaki: namdar (diq) — famous person
- Bulgarian: изве́стност (izvéstnost) — fame
- Catalan: celebritat — fame
- Chinese Mandarin: 聲譽 /声誉 (shēngyù) — fame
- Chinese Mandarin: 名聲 /名声 (míngshēng) — fame
- Danish: berømthed — fame
- Danish: berømtheder — fame
- Finnish: kuuluisuus — fame
- French: célébrité — fame
- German: Berühmtheit — fame
- German: Bekanntheit — fame
- German: Ruhm — fame
- Greek: διασημότητα (diasimótita) — fame
- Greek: φήμη (fími) — fame
- Ido: famo — fame
- Indonesian: ketenaran — fame
- Japanese: 名声 (meisei) — fame
- Kazakh: атақтылық (ataqtylyq) — fame
- Kazakh: атақшылық (ataqşylyq) — fame
- Kazakh: әйгілілік (äigılılık) — fame
- Kazakh: белгілілік (belgılılık) — fame
- Kazakh: даңқтылық (dañqtylyq) — fame
- Korean: 명성 (myeongseong) — fame
- Latin: celebritas — fame
- Māori: mūrau — fame
- Russian: знамени́тость (znamenítostʹ) — fame
- Russian: изве́стность (izvéstnostʹ) — fame
- Russian: сла́ва (sláva) — fame
- Spanish: celebridad — fame
- Swedish: berömmelse — fame
- Swedish: berömmelser — fame
- Ottoman Turkish: شان (şan) — fame
- Vietnamese: danh vọng — fame
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