famous

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• /ˈfeɪ.məs/
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From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin fāmōsus, equivalent to fame + -ous. Displaced native Old English hlīsful.

203 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: beroemd — well known
• Albanian: famshëm — well known
• Albanian: famëmadh — well known
• Arabic: مَشْهُور (mašhūr) — well known
• Arabic: شَهِير (šahīr) — well known
• Arabic: مشهور (mašhūr) — well known
• Armenian: հայտնի (haytni) — well known
• Azerbaijani: tanınmış — well known
• Basque: famatu — well known
• Belarusian: вядо́мы (vjadómy) — well known
• Bengali: বিখ্যাত (bikkhat) — well known
• Bengali: মশহুর (mośohur) — well known
• Bengali: নামজাদা (namjada) — well known
• Bulgarian: прочу́т (pročút) — well known
• Bulgarian: изве́стен (izvésten) — well known
• Catalan: famós — well known
• Chinese Cantonese: 出名 (ceot1 meng2) — well known
• Chinese Mandarin: 有名 (yǒumíng) — well known
• Chinese Mandarin: 著名 (zhùmíng) — well known
• Czech: slavný — well known
• Czech: proslulý — well known
• Czech: věhlasný — well known
• Danish: berømt — well known
• Dutch: beroemd — well known
• Egyptian: r:x*x-Z4:Y1 (rḫḫy) — well known
• Esperanto: fama — well known
• Estonian: kuulus — well known
• Faroese: víðagitin — well known
• Finnish: kuuluisa — well known
• French: fameux — well known
• French: célèbre — well known
• French: connu — well known
• West-Frisian: ferneamde — well known
• Galician: de sona — well known
• Galician: famoso — well known
• Galician: afamado — well known
• Georgian: სახელოვანი (saxelovani) — well known
• Georgian: ცნობილი (cnobili) — well known
• Georgian: სახელგანთქმული (saxelgantkmuli) — well known
• Georgian: სახელმოხვეჭილი (saxelmoxveč̣ili) — well known
• German: bekannt — well known
• German: berühmt — well known
• Greek: διάσημος (diásimos) — well known
• Greek: περίφημος (perífimos) — well known
• Ancient Greek: κλεινός (kleinós) — well known
• Ancient Greek: κλειτός (kleitós) — well known
• Ancient Greek: ὀνομαστός (onomastós) — well known
• Ancient Greek: εὔδοξος (eúdoxos) — well known
• Greenlandic: tusaamasaq — well known
• Hawaiian: kaulana — well known
• Hebrew: מפורסם — well known
• Hebrew: מְפֻרְסָם (m'fursám) — well known
• Hindi: प्रसिद्ध (prasiddh) — well known
• Hindi: प्रख्यात (prakhyāt) — well known
• Hindi: विख्यात (vikhyāt) — well known
• Hindi: लोकप्रिय (lokapriya) — well known
• Hindi: लोकप्रसिद्ध (lokaprasiddh) — well known
• Hindi: नामी (nāmī) — well known
• Hungarian: híres — well known
• Icelandic: frægur — well known
• Ido: famoza — well known
• Indonesian: terkenal — well known
• Indonesian: termahsyur — well known
• Ingrian: kuuluisa — well known
• Interlingua: famose — well known
• Irish: cáiliúil — well known
• Italian: famoso — well known
• Japanese: 有名な (yūmei na) — well known
• Japanese: 高名な (kōmei na) — well known
• Japanese: 名高い (nadakai) — well known
• Kazakh: әйгілі (äigılı) — well known
• Kazakh: мәшһүр (mäşhür) — well known
• Khmer: ល្បី (lbəy) — well known
• Korean: 유명하다 (yumyeonghada) — well known
• Latin: fāmōsus — well known
• Latin: inclitus — well known
• Latin: nobilis — well known
• Latin: notus — well known
• Latvian: slavens — well known
• Ligurian: famôzo — well known
• Lithuanian: garsus — well known
• Lithuanian: įžymus — well known
• Lithuanian: gerai žinomas — well known
• Luxembourgish: berühmt — well known
• Macedonian: познат (poznat) — well known
• Malay: terkenal — well known
• Malay: masyhur — well known
• Malayalam: പ്രശസ്ത (praśasta) — well known
• Malayalam: പ്രശസ്തമായ (praśastamāya) — well known
• Malayalam: പേരുകേട്ട (pērukēṭṭa) — well known
• Manchu: ᡤᡝᠪᡠᠩᡤᡝ (gebungge) — well known
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: mevantug — well known
• Mansaka: bantogan — well known
• Māori: rongonui — well known
• Mirandese: afamado — well known
• Mirandese: famoso — well known
• Mongolian: алдарт (aldart) — well known
• Neapolitan: famuso — well known
• Nepali: प्रसिद्ध (prasiddha) — well known
• Norman: fanmeux — well known
• Norwegian Bokmål: berømt — well known
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjent — well known
• Old English: hlīsful — well known
• Old Norse: ágætr — well known
• Iranian Persian: نامْدار (nâmdâr) — well known
• Iranian Persian: مَشْهور (mašhur) — well known
• Iranian Persian: مَعْروف (ma'ruf) — well known
• Plautdietsch: beriemt — well known
• Plautdietsch: huachberiemt — well known
• Polish: sławny — well known
• Polish: słynny — well known
• Portuguese: famoso — well known
• Portuguese: afamado — well known
• Portuguese: célebre — well known
• Romanian: celebru — well known
• Romanian: faimos — well known
• Romansh: famus — well known
• Russian: изве́стный (izvéstnyj) — well known
• Northern Sami: beakkálmas — well known
• Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach — well known
• Scottish Gaelic: ainmeil — well known
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏зна̄т — well known
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍznāt — well known
• Slovak: slávny — well known
• Slovak: známy — well known
• Slovene: slaven — well known
• Lower Sorbian: znaty — well known
• Upper Sorbian: sławny — well known
• Spanish: famoso — well known
• Spanish: célebre — well known
• Spanish: afamado — well known
• Spanish: conocido — well known
• Spanish: espectable — well known
• Spanish: expectable — well known
• Spanish: de expectación — well known
• Swedish: känd — well known
• Swedish: berömd — well known
• Tagalog: kilala — well known
• Tarantino: famuse — well known
• Thai: มีชื่อเสียง — well known
• Thai: โด่งดัง (dòong-dang) — well known
• Thai: กระหึ่ม (grà-hʉ̀m) — well known
• Tibetan: སྐད་གྲགས (skad grags) — well known
• Turkish: meşhur — well known
• Turkish: ünlü — well known
• Ottoman Turkish: بللی (belli) — well known
• Ukrainian: відо́мий (vidómyj) — well known
• Urdu: مَشہُور (maśhūr) — well known
• Urdu: نامی (nāmī) — well known
• Urdu: نامْوَر (nāmvar) — well known
• Urdu: جانا مانا (jānā mānā) — well known
• Urdu: مَعرُوف (ma'rūf) — well known
• Urdu: مَقبُول (maqbūl) — well known
• Urdu: نامْدار (nāmdār) — well known
• Urdu: شُہُور و مَعرُوف (śuhūr o ma'rūf) — well known
• Urdu: شُہْرَت یافْتَہ (śuhrat yāfta) — well known
• Urdu: شُہْرَۂ آفاق (śuhra-yi āfāq) — well known
• Vietnamese: nổi tiếng — well known
• Vietnamese: nổi danh — well known
• Welsh: enwog — well known
• Yakut: ааттаах (aattaaq) — well known
• Arabic: مَشْهُور (mašhūr) — in the public eye
• Belarusian: славу́ты (slavúty) — in the public eye
• Belarusian: сла́ўны (sláwny) — in the public eye
• Belarusian: вядо́мы (vjadómy) — in the public eye
• Bulgarian: изве́стен (izvésten) — in the public eye
• Bulgarian: знамени́т (znamenít) — in the public eye
• Catalan: cèlebre — in the public eye
• Chinese Mandarin: 有名 (yǒumíng) — in the public eye
• Chinese Mandarin: 著名 (zhùmíng) — in the public eye
• Dutch: alom bekend — in the public eye
• Finnish: kuuluisa — in the public eye
• French: célèbre — in the public eye
• Georgian: ცნობილი (cnobili) — in the public eye
• Georgian: ცნობილი პირი (cnobili ṗiri) — in the public eye
• Georgian: სახელგანთქმული პირი (saxelgantkmuli ṗiri) — in the public eye
• German: berühmt — in the public eye
• Hindi: प्रसिद्ध (prasiddh) — in the public eye
• Hindi: प्रख्यात (prakhyāt) — in the public eye
• Hindi: विख्यात (vikhyāt) — in the public eye
• Hindi: लोकप्रिय (lokapriya) — in the public eye
• Hindi: लोकप्रसिद्ध (lokaprasiddh) — in the public eye
• Hindi: मशहूर (maśhūr) — in the public eye
• Hungarian: híres — in the public eye
• Ingrian: kuuluisa — in the public eye
• Malayalam: പ്രശസ്ത (praśasta) — in the public eye
• Portuguese: conhecido — in the public eye
• Russian: изве́стный (izvéstnyj) — in the public eye
• Russian: знамени́тый (znamenítyj) — in the public eye
• Russian: просла́вленный (proslávlennyj) — in the public eye
• Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach — in the public eye
• Scottish Gaelic: ainmeil — in the public eye
• Scottish Gaelic: allail — in the public eye
• Slovak: známy — in the public eye
• Slovene: znamenit — in the public eye
• Slovene: slaven — in the public eye
• Tagalog: kilala — in the public eye
• Turkish: meşhur — in the public eye
• Turkish: ünlü — in the public eye
• Ukrainian: знамени́тий (znamenýtyj) — in the public eye
• Ukrainian: славе́тний (slavétnyj) — in the public eye
• Ukrainian: сла́вний (slávnyj) — in the public eye
• Ukrainian: відо́мий (vidómyj) — in the public eye