fame en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /feɪm/
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂meh₂ Proto-Italic *fāmā Latin fāmabor. Old French famebor. Middle English fame English fame From Middle English fame, from Old French fame (“celebrity, renown”), itself borrowed from Latin fāma (“talk, rumor, report, reputation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂-meh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, say, tell”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φήμη (phḗmē, “talk”). Related also to Latin for (“speak, say”, verb), Old English bōian (“to boast”), Old English bēn (“prayer, request”), Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim”). More at ban. Displaced native Old English hlīsa.
Meanings
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(archaic, uncountable, usually) Something said or reported; gossip, rumour.
If the accused could produce a specified number of honest neighbours to swear publicly that the suspicion was unfounded, and if no one else came forward to contradict them convincingly, the charge was dropped: otherwise the common fame was held to be true.
2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 23:There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create, and therein plant / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour […].
1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 651-4:
- (uncountable, usually) One's reputation.
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(uncountable, usually) The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive.
I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fames | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
15 minutes of fame · famesque · house of ill fame · fameless · cyberfame · claim to fame · e-fame · horse fame · famacide · woman of ill fame · fifteen megabytes of fame · walk of fame · 15 megabytes of fame · enfame · fame-worthy · disfame · fame digger · semifame · fame whore · antifame · hall of fame · outfame · fifteen minutes of fame · Instafame · unfame · microfame · fame-ish · ill fame · herostratic fame
Hyponyms
Synonyms
Translations (182)
lo ກິດຕິ (state of being famous) · sv kändisskap (state of being famous) · sa पक्ति (state of being famous) · ms kemasyhuran (state of being famous) · ar شُهْرَة (state of being famous) · de Berühmtheit (state of being famous) · sa त्रपा (state of being famous) · ckb ناوبانگ (state of being famous) · sh сла̏ва (state of being famous) · sk sláva (state of being famous) · es fama (state of being famous) · sa अभिख्यान (state of being famous) · sa व्यपदेश (state of being famous) · sa श्लोक (state of being famous) · be вядо́масць (state of being famous) · lo ກຽດ (state of being famous) · ln lokumu (state of being famous) · bn আখ্যা (state of being famous) · fi kuuluisuus (state of being famous) · hi कीर्ति (state of being famous) · ja 有名 (state of being famous) · sa समज्ञा (state of being famous) · hi शोहरत (state of being famous) · da berømmelse (state of being famous) · ca fama (state of being famous) · prs شُهْرَت (state of being famous) · sa कीर्तना (state of being famous) · ka დიდება (state of being famous) · sa सम्प्रतीति (state of being famous) · pdt Beriemtheit (state of being famous) · grc κλέος (state of being famous) · lv slava (state of being famous) · my အကျော်ဇေယျ (state of being famous) · mk слава (state of being famous) · fi maine (state of being famous) · tr ün (state of being famous) · ug شۆھرەت (state of being famous) · pl sława (state of being famous) · th ศักดิ์ศรี (state of being famous) · yue 有名 (state of being famous) · sga clú (state of being famous) · sa समाज्ञा (state of being famous) · mba bantogan (state of being famous) · th กิตติ (state of being famous) · ga clú (state of being famous) · ru сла́ва (state of being famous) · sq famë (state of being famous) · nl beroemdheid (state of being famous) · de Bekanntheit (state of being famous) · it fama (state of being famous) · bn প্রসিদ্ধি (state of being famous) · sa परिख्याति (state of being famous) · de Ruhm (state of being famous) · tg шӯҳрат (state of being famous) · sa सुप्रतिष्ठ (state of being famous) · ru изве́стность (state of being famous) · sw fora (state of being famous) · fr célébrité (state of being famous) · vi danh tiếng (state of being famous) · uz dong (state of being famous) · th เกียรติ (state of being famous) · la fāma (state of being famous) · ba дан (state of being famous) · tr şan (state of being famous) · gl fama (state of being famous) · ky даңк (state of being famous) · sa प्रथितत्व (state of being famous) · sa ख्याति (state of being famous) · sl slava (state of being famous) · rup anamã (state of being famous) · el φήμη (state of being famous) · hy համբավ (state of being famous) · sa प्रवाचन (state of being famous) · hu hírnév (state of being famous) · hi प्रसिद्धि (state of being famous) · sa समाख्या (state of being famous) · ur شُہْرَت (state of being famous) · sa प्रशंसा (state of being famous) · be вядо́масьць (state of being famous) · uk сла́ва (state of being famous) · sa विश्रुति (state of being famous) · sa उमा (state of being famous) · ota شان (state of being famous) · sa साधुवाद (state of being famous) · sa अभिख्या (state of being famous) · sa निरूढि (state of being famous) · hi लोकप्रियता (state of being famous) · th ศิริ (state of being famous) · sa सुश्लोक्य (state of being famous) · tr şöhret (state of being famous) · sa विख्याति (state of being famous) · ps شهرت (state of being famous) · uk відо́мість (state of being famous) · es nombradía (state of being famous) · hi ख्याति (state of being famous) · bni lokumu (state of being famous) · sa समजज्या (state of being famous) · sw umaarufu (state of being famous) · ko 유명 (state of being famous) · bg изве́стност (state of being famous) · sa कीर्ति (state of being famous) · hi वैभव (state of being famous) · sa रूढि (state of being famous) · fr gloire (state of being famous) · bn খ্যাতি (state of being famous) · sa प्रशस्ति (state of being famous) · nb berømthet (state of being famous) · bn যশ (state of being famous) · wyi boordup (state of being famous) · cmn 有名 (state of being famous) · gd cliù (state of being famous) · th ชื่อเสียง (state of being famous) · mbb bantug (state of being famous) · hu hír (state of being famous) · et kuulsus (state of being famous) · bho प्रसिद्ध (state of being famous) · sa यशस् (state of being famous) · az şöhrət (state of being famous) · ml പ്രശസ്തി (state of being famous) · ko 명성 (state of being famous) · tk şöhrat (state of being famous) · sa सौरभ्य (state of being famous) · bn বিখ্যাতি (state of being famous) · tt дан (state of being famous) · ga alladh (state of being famous) · hy հայտնիություն (state of being famous) · eo famo (state of being famous) · sa गिर् (state of being famous) · fa-ira شُهْرَت (state of being famous) · bg сла́ва (state of being famous) · nan-hbl 有名 (state of being famous) · ang hlīsa (state of being famous) · sa श्रोमत (state of being famous) · pt fama (state of being famous) · txb klāwi (state of being famous) · sa श्रवस् (state of being famous) · sa कृत्ति (state of being famous) · sa प्रतीति (state of being famous) · sa सम्भावना (state of being famous) · is frægð (state of being famous) · sa जनोदाहरण (state of being famous) · sa प्रतिष्ठा (state of being famous) · tk meşhurlyk (state of being famous) · be сла́ва (state of being famous) · sv berömmelse (state of being famous) · sa अभिजन (state of being famous) · kk даңқ (state of being famous) · sa नामन् (state of being famous) · sa पराग (state of being famous) · arz شهرة (state of being famous) · got 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 (state of being famous) · ta புகழ் (state of being famous) · sa श्रवस्य (state of being famous) · gl sona (state of being famous) · ltg slave (state of being famous) · ka სახელი (state of being famous) · ro faimă (state of being famous) · sa यश (state of being famous) · cs proslulost (state of being famous) · gv ard-ennym (state of being famous) · sa प्रसिद्धता (state of being famous) · fi tunnettuus (state of being famous) · nl roem (state of being famous) · ms gah (state of being famous) · sa प्रसिद्धि (state of being famous) · km កិត្តិ (state of being famous) · km កិរ្តិ៍ (state of being famous) · cs věhlas (state of being famous) · sa विश्राव (state of being famous) · bn শোহরৎ (state of being famous) · sh slȁva (state of being famous) · el δόξα (state of being famous) · he מוֹנִיטִין (state of being famous) · nl bekendheid (state of being famous) · lt šlovė (state of being famous) · sa विश्रुत (state of being famous) · sa य (state of being famous) · cs sláva (state of being famous) · sa समह्या (state of being famous) · hi यश (state of being famous) · yi רום (state of being famous) · uz shuhrat (state of being famous)