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celebrity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /sɪˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ti/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English celebritē, from Old French celebrite (compare French célébrité), from Latin celēbritās.

Meanings

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A rite or ceremony.
2. (qualifier:uncommon outside high registers, uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
   • Many of those that envy celebrities aspire to celebrity themselves.
3. (countable) A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person.
   • "What do you put in your paper?" I asked, […] "Oh, news," said he, "and dull articles, and things about Celebrities. If you know any Celebrities, now?" Noël asked him what Celebrities were. "Oh, the Queen and the Princes, and people with titles, and people who write, or sing, or act—or do something clever or wicked." 1899, E. Nesbit, The Story of the Treasure Seekers:
   • I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

anticelebrity · celeb · incelebrity · delebrity · celebreality · celebrity worship syndrome · nonebrity · celebutante · pseudocelebrity · celebretard · celesbian · minor celebrity · noncelebrity · celebriphilia · celebrification · celebritize · e-celebrity · celebutard · celetoid · celebritiness · sublebrity · celebrityhood · celebrityville · micro-celebrity · celebritydom · celebrityship · celebrityness · demicelebrity · pro-celebrity · cybercelebrity · celebritihood · supercelebrity · microcelebrity · weblebrity · celebrity obsession disorder · subcelebrity · blogebrity · megacelebrity · celebricide · semicelebrity · minicelebrity

Relateds

celebrate · celeb · celebration

Synonyms

media darling · renown · notable · big name · luminary · celeb · fame · star · distinction · eminence · big name · sleb

Translations (125)

eo famulo (famous person) · bg звезда́ (famous person) · ka სახელგანთქმული პირი (famous person) · sh slavna osoba (famous person) · de Celebrity (famous person) · id ketenaran (fame) · de Berühmtheit (fame) · id pesohor (famous person) · zza namdar (diq) (famous person) · hu híresség (famous person) · be зо́рка (famous person) · ru знамени́тость (fame) · ru знамени́тость (famous person) · pt celebridade (famous person) · cmn 名聲 /名声 (fame) · de Ruhm (fame) · nb kjendis (famous person) · nn celebritet (famous person) · fr célébrité (famous person) · el διασημότητα (fame) · ru изве́стность (fame) · nl beroemdheid (famous person) · nb selebritet (famous person) · cmn 名流 (famous person) · nn selebritet (famous person) · de Berühmtheit (famous person) · pl celebrytka (famous person) · ja 名士 (famous person) · de Bekanntheit (famous person) · ko 명성 (fame) · da berømtheder (fame) · fr people (famous person) · de berühmte Person (famous person) · pt colunável (famous person) · fi julkkis (famous person) · sv berömmelser (fame) · cs hvězda (famous person) · id orang tenar (famous person) · ms selebriti (famous person) · es celebrity (famous person) · io famozo (famous person) · io famo (fame) · kk атақшылық (fame) · de berühmte Persönlichkeit (famous person) · ru селе́брити (famous person) · da kendt (famous person) · ca celebritat (fame) · uk знамени́тість (famous person) · cmn 明星 (famous person) · da kendis (famous person) · ru сла́ва (fame) · ja 有名人 (famous person) · ko 연예인 (famous person) · lt įžymybė (famous person) · ja セレブ (famous person) · vi danh vọng (fame) · ota شان (fame) · el διασημότητα (famous person) · cmn 名士 (famous person) · be знакамі́тасць (famous person) · sk hviezda (famous person) · et prominent (famous person) · da celebritet (famous person) · el φήμη (fame) · kk даңқты адам (famous person) · it celebrità (famous person) · bg изве́стност (fame) · ru селе́ба (famous person) · de Prominente (famous person) · de Zelebrität (famous person) · lv slavenība (famous person) · af beroemde persoon (famous person) · de Bekanntheit (fame) · es celebridad (fame) · fr célébrité (fame) · he סֶלֶבְּרִיטִי (famous person) · bg знамени́тост (famous person) · cs celebrita (famous person) · de Star (famous person) · fa ستاره (famous person) · ka ცნობილი სახე (famous person) · nb celebritet (famous person) · pl celebryta (famous person) · da berømthed (fame) · fa سلبریتی (famous person) · pl gwiazda (famous person) · ru звезда́ (famous person) · pl osobowość medialna (famous person) · vi danh nhân (famous person) · kk атақтылық (fame) · sv känd person (famous person) · sv berömmelse (fame) · he יְדוּעָן (famous person) · sv kändis (famous person) · kk даңқтылық (fame) · ca celebritat (famous person) · ko 유명인 (famous person) · ar نَجْم (famous person) · kk белгілілік (fame) · nb berømthet (famous person) · cmn 名人 (famous person) · fi julkisuuden henkilö (famous person) · mi mūrau (fame) · la celebritas (fame) · cmn 聲譽 /声誉 (fame) · kk атақты адам (famous person) · mi hautupua (famous person) · sv celebritet (famous person) · fi kuuluisuus (fame) · he סֶלֶבּ (famous person) · kk әйгілілік (fame) · ja セレブリティー (famous person) · nn kjendis (famous person) · tr ünlü (famous person) · ar نَجْمَة (famous person) · uk зі́рка (famous person) · de Promi (famous person) · ja 名声 (fame) · es celebridad (famous person) · ko 실레브리티 (famous person) · hu sztár (famous person) · gl celebridade (famous person) · sk celebrita (famous person) · de Prominenter (famous person) · ka ცნობილი ადამიანი (famous person)