Definitions for famefeɪm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

famefeɪm(n.; v.)famed, fam•ing.

  1. (n.)renown; public eminence.

  2. public estimation; reputation.

  3. (v.t.)Archaic. to spread the renown of; make famous.

Origin of fame:

1175–1225; ME < AF, OF < L fāma talk

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fame, celebrity, renown(noun)

    the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

  2. fame(noun)

    favorable public reputation

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. fame(noun)ɪm

    the state of being recognized by many people

    his rise to fame in the art world

Wiktionary

  1. fame(Noun)

    What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.

  2. fame(Noun)

    The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of.

  3. fame(Verb)

    to make (someone or something) famous

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fame(noun)

    public report or rumor

  2. Fame(noun)

    report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington

  3. Fame(verb)

    to report widely or honorably

  4. Fame(verb)

    to make famous or renowned

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. fame

    To have your name paged by the "buttons" of a fashionable hotel.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. FAME

    Having a brand of cigars named after you.


Translations for fame

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

fame(noun)

the quality of being well-known

Her novels brought her fame.

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