well-known

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• General-American: /ˌwɛlˈnoʊn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌwɛlˈnəʊn/
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• rhymes with (General American) -oʊn
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• rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -əʊn
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• CMU ARPABET: W EH1 L N OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English well knowen. By surface analysis, well + known.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: известен (izvesten) — familiar, widely known
• Bulgarian: познат (poznat) — familiar, widely known
• Chinese Mandarin: 著名 (zhùmíng) — familiar, widely known
• Chinese Mandarin: 出名 (chūmíng) — familiar, widely known
• Chinese Mandarin: 有名 (yǒumíng) — familiar, widely known
• Chinese Mandarin: 眾所周知 /众所周知 (zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī) — familiar, widely known
• Czech: dobře známý — familiar, widely known
• Czech: pověstný — familiar, widely known
• Danish: velkendt — familiar, widely known
• Esperanto: konata — familiar, widely known
• Finnish: tuttu — familiar, widely known
• Finnish: tunnettu — familiar, widely known
• French: bien connu — familiar, widely known
• Galician: ben coñecido — familiar, widely known
• Galician: sabido — familiar, widely known
• Georgian: ცნობილი (cnobili) — familiar, widely known
• Georgian: ფართოდ ცნობილი (partod cnobili) — familiar, widely known
• Georgian: საყოველთაოდ ცნობილი (saq̇oveltaod cnobili) — familiar, widely known
• Georgian: სახელგანთქმული (saxelgantkmuli) — familiar, widely known
• German: wohlbekannt — familiar, widely known
• German: wohl bekannt — familiar, widely known
• German: berühmt — familiar, widely known
• Hausa: shahararru — familiar, widely known
• Hausa: shahararre — familiar, widely known
• Hebrew: מוכר (mukár) — familiar, widely known
• Hindi: प्रसिद्ध (prasiddh) — familiar, widely known
• Hindi: प्रख्यात (prakhyāt) — familiar, widely known
• Hindi: विख्यात (vikhyāt) — familiar, widely known
• Hindi: बहुचर्चित (bahucarcit) — familiar, widely known
• Hindi: लोकप्रिय (lokapriya) — familiar, widely known
• Hungarian: híres — familiar, widely known
• Hungarian: közismert — familiar, widely known
• Irish: aithnidiúil — familiar, widely known
• Irish: clúiteach — familiar, widely known
• Irish: iomráiteach — familiar, widely known
• Italian: famoso — familiar, widely known
• Italian: rinomato — familiar, widely known
• Italian: noto — familiar, widely known
• Italian: celebre — familiar, widely known
• Italian: popolare — familiar, widely known
• Japanese: 名高い (nadakai) — familiar, widely known
• Latin: perspectus — familiar, widely known
• Latin: nōtus — familiar, widely known
• Lithuanian: gerai žinomas — familiar, widely known
• Macedonian: добропознат (dobropoznat) — familiar, widely known
• Macedonian: познат (poznat) — familiar, widely known
• Malayalam: അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന (aṟiyappeṭunna) — familiar, widely known
• Malayalam: പ്രശസ്ത (praśasta) — familiar, widely known
• Malayalam: പേരുകേട്ട (pērukēṭṭa) — familiar, widely known
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjent — familiar, widely known
• Norwegian Bokmål: velkjent — familiar, widely known
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjend — familiar, widely known
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjent — familiar, widely known
• Norwegian Nynorsk: velkjend — familiar, widely known
• Norwegian Nynorsk: velkjent — familiar, widely known
• Russian: знамени́тый (znamenítyj) — familiar, widely known
• Russian: изве́стный (izvéstnyj) — familiar, widely known
• Russian: выдаю́щийся (vydajúščijsja) — familiar, widely known
• Slovak: známy — familiar, widely known
• Spanish: consabido — familiar, widely known
• Spanish: de marras — familiar, widely known
• Spanish: famoso — familiar, widely known
• Swahili: maalum — familiar, widely known
• Swedish: välbekant — familiar, widely known
• Ottoman Turkish: بللی (belli) — familiar, widely known
• Volapük: benosevädik — familiar, widely known