notorious

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• Received-Pronunciation: /nə(ʊ)ˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əs/
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• Canada, General-American: nə-tôʹrē-əs
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• Canada, General-American: nō-
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• Canada, General-American: /nəˈtɔ.ɹi.əs/
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• Canada, General-American: /noʊ-/
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• California, Southern: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɔːɹiəs
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• CMU ARPABET: N OW0 T AO1 R IY0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Middle English notoryous, from Medieval Latin nōtōrius (“evident, known; famous, well-known; infamous”), from Latin nōtus (“known, recognized; familiar, widely known; famous, well-known; infamous”) + -tōrius (suffix forming adjectives). Nōtus is the perfect passive participle of nōscō (“to become acquainted with or learn about (something); (rare) to be familiar with, recognize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3- (“to know; to recognize”). cognates * Catalan notori (“well-known”) * Middle French notoire (Anglo-Norman notoire, notoir, notore, notorie, modern French notoire (“notorious; well-known”)) * Italian notorio (“notorious; well-known”) * Portuguese notorjo (obsolete), notório (“illustrious; open, public; notorious”) * Spanish notorio (“apparent, clear, obvious; well-known”)

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مشنوع — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Azerbaijani: bədnam — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Belarusian: праславу́ты (praslavúty) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Bulgarian: печално известен (pečalno izvesten) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Catalan: notori — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Catalan: infame — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Chinese Mandarin: 臭名昭著 (chòumíng zhāozhù) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡名昭彰 /恶名昭彰 (èmíng zhāozhāng) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Czech: nechvalně známý — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Danish: berygtet — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Dutch: notoir — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Dutch: berucht — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Dutch: beruchte — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Esperanto: fifama — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Esperanto: fikonata — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Finnish: pahamaineinen — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Galician: notorio — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• German: notorisch — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• German: berüchtigt — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Greek: διαβόητος (diavóitos) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Hindi: बदनाम (badnām) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Hindi: कुख्यात (kukhyāt) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Icelandic: alræmdur — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Italian: famigerato — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Japanese: 悪名高い (akumeidakai) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Latin: infāmis — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Macedonian: зло́гласен (zlóglasen) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Macedonian: озло́гласен (ozlóglasen) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Māori: mōiriiri — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Norman: sîngnalé — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Norwegian: beryktet — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Norwegian Bokmål: notorisk — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Norwegian Nynorsk: notorisk — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Old English: ǣber — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Polish: notoryczny — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Portuguese: notório — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Portuguese: famigerado — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Russian: преслову́тый (preslovútyj) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Russian: печа́льно изве́стный (pečálʹno izvéstnyj) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Russian: небезызве́стный (nebezyzvéstnyj) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Serbo-Croatian: ozloglašen — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Spanish: notorio — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Spanish: afamado — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Spanish: de mala fama — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Swedish: beryktad — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Swedish: ökänd — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Ottoman Turkish: رذیل (rezil) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Ukrainian: преслову́тий (preslovútyj) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Ukrainian: лихосла́вний (lyxoslávnyj) — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Vietnamese: khét tiếng — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Welsh: ag enw drwg — generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous
• Finnish: tunnettu — generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known
• Finnish: kuuluisa — generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known
• French: notoire — generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known
• Macedonian: по́знат (póznat) — generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known
• Spanish: prócer — generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known
• Welsh: enwog — generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known
• Welsh: hysbys — generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known