illustrious

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/
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• General-American: /ɪˈlʌs.tɹi.əs/
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• General-American: [-ˈləs-]
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From Latin illūstris (“bright, shining; distinguished, prominent, illustrious”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree). Illūstris is derived from illūstrō (“to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious”), from in- (“in, inside”) + lūstrō (“to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate”) (from lūstrō (“purificatory sacrifice”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”) or *lewh3- (“to wash”)).

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَهِير (šahīr) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Arabic: مَجِيد (majīd) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Bulgarian: знатен (znaten) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Bulgarian: прославен (proslaven) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Bulgarian: знаменит (znamenit) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Catalan: il·lustre — admired, respected, or well-known
• Chinese Mandarin: 有名 (yǒumíng) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Chinese Mandarin: 著名 (zhùmíng) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Chinese Mandarin: 優秀 /优秀 (yōuxiù) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Chinese Mandarin: 輝煌 /辉煌 (huīhuáng) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Chinese Mandarin: 燦爛 /灿烂 (cànlàn) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Chinese Mandarin: 傑出 /杰出 (jiéchū) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Czech: vynikající — admired, respected, or well-known
• Czech: význačný — admired, respected, or well-known
• Czech: znamenitý — admired, respected, or well-known
• Czech: proslulý — admired, respected, or well-known
• Dutch: illuster — admired, respected, or well-known
• Dutch: roemrijk — admired, respected, or well-known
• Estonian: kuulus — admired, respected, or well-known
• Estonian: väljapaistev — admired, respected, or well-known
• Estonian: silmapaistev — admired, respected, or well-known
• Estonian: lugupeetav — admired, respected, or well-known
• Estonian: auväärne — admired, respected, or well-known
• Estonian: hiilgav — admired, respected, or well-known
• Finnish: valovoimainen — admired, respected, or well-known
• French: illustre — admired, respected, or well-known
• Galician: ilustre — admired, respected, or well-known
• Galician: egrexio — admired, respected, or well-known
• Galician: escrarecido — admired, respected, or well-known
• German: glorreich — admired, respected, or well-known
• German: erlaucht — admired, respected, or well-known
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιφανής (epiphanḗs) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Hindi: प्रसिद्ध (prasiddh) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Hindi: विख्यात (vikhyāt) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Hungarian: előkelő — admired, respected, or well-known
• Ido: famoza — admired, respected, or well-known
• Ido: glorioza — admired, respected, or well-known
• Italian: famoso — admired, respected, or well-known
• Latin: pulchrum — admired, respected, or well-known
• Latin: illustris — admired, respected, or well-known
• Macedonian: зна́менит (známenit) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Macedonian: про́чуен (próčuen) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Macedonian: сла́вен (sláven) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Macedonian: про́славен (próslaven) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Māori: taiea — admired, respected, or well-known
• Polish: znamienity — admired, respected, or well-known
• Polish: wspaniały — admired, respected, or well-known
• Portuguese: ilustre — admired, respected, or well-known
• Russian: знамени́тый (znamenítyj) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Russian: изве́стный (izvéstnyj) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Russian: просла́вленный (proslávlennyj) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Russian: сла́вный (slávnyj) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Serbo-Croatian: znamenit — admired, respected, or well-known
• Spanish: ilustre — admired, respected, or well-known
• Spanish: ínclito — admired, respected, or well-known
• Spanish: preclaro — admired, respected, or well-known
• Swedish: illuster — admired, respected, or well-known
• Ottoman Turkish: ماجد (macid) — admired, respected, or well-known
• Vietnamese: có tiếng — admired, respected, or well-known
• Vietnamese: nổi tiếng — admired, respected, or well-known
• Vietnamese: lừng lẫy — admired, respected, or well-known
• Vietnamese: rạng rỡ — admired, respected, or well-known
• Vietnamese: vinh quang — admired, respected, or well-known
• Walloon: ilusse — admired, respected, or well-known