Standard Lemma guide

renown

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈnaʊn/
  • US: Colorado Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊn
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 N AW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To make famous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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, celebrity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: honor, honour, laurels

History

Etymology

From Old French renoun (compare with Modern French renom), equivalent to re- + noun.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شُهْرة (šuhra) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Aromanian: anamã — Fame or wide recognition
  • Bulgarian: известност (izvestnost) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Bulgarian: слава (slava) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Chinese: 名声 (Míngshēng) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Chinese: 声望 (shēngwàng) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Chinese: 声威 (shēngweī) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Czech: renomé — Fame or wide recognition
  • Esperanto: distingo — Fame or wide recognition
  • Finnish: maine — Fame or wide recognition
  • Finnish: kuuluisuus — Fame or wide recognition
  • French: renom — Fame or wide recognition
  • French: renommée — Fame or wide recognition
  • Galician: renome — Fame or wide recognition
  • Galician: sona — Fame or wide recognition
  • German: Ansehen — Fame or wide recognition
  • German: Ruf — Fame or wide recognition
  • German: Ruhm — Fame or wide recognition
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 (mēriþa) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Greek: φήμη (fími) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Greek: δόξα (dóxa) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Ancient Greek: κῦδος (kûdos) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Ancient Greek: κλέος (kléos) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Hebrew: מוֹנִיטִין (monitin) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Hindi: यश (yaś) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Hindi: वैभव (vaibhav) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Hindi: कीर्ति (kīrti) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Hindi: प्रसिद्धि (prasiddhi) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Hindi: ख्याति (khyāti) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Hungarian: hírnév — Fame or wide recognition
  • Irish: clú — Fame or wide recognition
  • Irish: alladh — Fame or wide recognition
  • Italian: rinomanza — Fame or wide recognition
  • Italian: celebrità — Fame or wide recognition
  • Italian: fama — Fame or wide recognition
  • Latin: fāma — Fame or wide recognition
  • Latin: celebritas — Fame or wide recognition
  • Manx: ard-ennym — Fame or wide recognition
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ēpshākō — Fame or wide recognition
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: namngjetnad — Fame or wide recognition
  • Plautdietsch: Beriemtheit — Fame or wide recognition
  • Polish: renoma — Fame or wide recognition
  • Portuguese: renome — Fame or wide recognition
  • Romanian: renume — Fame or wide recognition
  • Romanian: faimă — Fame or wide recognition
  • Russian: изве́стность (izvéstnostʹ) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Sanskrit: श्रवस् (śravas) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Sanskrit: यशस् (yaśas) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Scottish Gaelic: cliù — Fame or wide recognition
  • Spanish: renombre — Fame or wide recognition
  • Spanish: nombradía — Fame or wide recognition
  • Spanish: hao — Fame or wide recognition
  • Swedish: ryktbarhet — Fame or wide recognition
  • Swedish: anseende — Fame or wide recognition
  • Swedish: namnkunnighet — Fame or wide recognition
  • Tagalog: kabalitaan — Fame or wide recognition
  • Turkish: şan — Fame or wide recognition
  • Turkish: şöhret — Fame or wide recognition
  • Ottoman Turkish: شان (şan) — Fame or wide recognition
  • Ukrainian: сла́ва (sláva) — Fame or wide recognition
Real reading context

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