renown en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɹɪˈnaʊn/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Old French renoun (compare with Modern French renom), equivalent to re- + noun.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:[…] one day local fame would become world renown […]
1985, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 3, in Quinx, New York: Viking, page 63:And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: […]
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 16:2:There sleep the mighty dead as in life they slept, warriors and princes of high renown.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:[…] Nor envy we / Thy great Renown, nor grudge thy Victory; / 'Tis thine, O King, th' Afflicted to redreſs, / And Fame has fill'd the World with thy Succeſs; […]
1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, page 3:
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(obsolete, uncountable, usually) Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise.
[…] She / Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan, / Of whom so often I have heard renown, / But never saw before;
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| renowns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unrenown · renowner · renownless · renownful
Relateds
Translations (60)
nn namngjetnad (Fame or wide recognition) · gl sona (Fame or wide recognition) · pt renome (Fame or wide recognition) · pdt Beriemtheit (Fame or wide recognition) · el φήμη (Fame or wide recognition) · hu hírnév (Fame or wide recognition) · gv ard-ennym (Fame or wide recognition) · hi प्रसिद्धि (Fame or wide recognition) · sa यशस् (Fame or wide recognition) · la celebritas (Fame or wide recognition) · grc κῦδος (Fame or wide recognition) · ru изве́стность (Fame or wide recognition) · eo distingo (Fame or wide recognition) · fi kuuluisuus (Fame or wide recognition) · cmn 声威 (Fame or wide recognition) · fr renom (Fame or wide recognition) · tr şöhret (Fame or wide recognition) · ga alladh (Fame or wide recognition) · de Ruf (Fame or wide recognition) · sa श्रवस् (Fame or wide recognition) · rup anamã (Fame or wide recognition) · cmn 名声 (Fame or wide recognition) · la fāma (Fame or wide recognition) · bg известност (Fame or wide recognition) · it rinomanza (Fame or wide recognition) · tr şan (Fame or wide recognition) · bg слава (Fame or wide recognition) · de Ruhm (Fame or wide recognition) · grc κλέος (Fame or wide recognition) · ota شان (Fame or wide recognition) · es hao (Fame or wide recognition) · hi कीर्ति (Fame or wide recognition) · ar شُهْرة (Fame or wide recognition) · hi यश (Fame or wide recognition) · gl renome (Fame or wide recognition) · es renombre (Fame or wide recognition) · hi वैभव (Fame or wide recognition) · it fama (Fame or wide recognition) · kix ēpshākō (Fame or wide recognition) · ga clú (Fame or wide recognition) · cmn 声望 (Fame or wide recognition) · sv anseende (Fame or wide recognition) · hi ख्याति (Fame or wide recognition) · ro faimă (Fame or wide recognition) · it celebrità (Fame or wide recognition) · he מוֹנִיטִין (Fame or wide recognition) · fi maine (Fame or wide recognition) · ro renume (Fame or wide recognition) · cs renomé (Fame or wide recognition) · tl kabalitaan (Fame or wide recognition) · es nombradía (Fame or wide recognition) · fr renommée (Fame or wide recognition) · sv namnkunnighet (Fame or wide recognition) · de Ansehen (Fame or wide recognition) · sv ryktbarhet (Fame or wide recognition) · pl renoma (Fame or wide recognition) · uk сла́ва (Fame or wide recognition) · el δόξα (Fame or wide recognition) · gd cliù (Fame or wide recognition) · got 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 (Fame or wide recognition)