"famous" in seven languages
Meaningfamous
Spanish
famoso
/faˈmoso/
learned
French
célèbre
/selɛbʁ/
other source · Latin CELEBREM 'thronged, renowned' (learned)
Fameux exists, but often means 'notorious' or 'great' (un fameux repas).
Italian
famoso
/faˈmoso/
learned
Portuguese
famoso
/faˈmozu/
learned
Romanian
celebru
/tʃeˈlebru/
other source · Latin CELEBREM 'renowned' (via French célèbre)
Catalan
famós
/fəˈmos/
learned
English
famous
/ˈfeɪməs/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French famous, Latin FĀMŌSUS
English → ItalianfamousfamosoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FĀMŌSUM‘much talked about (FĀMA 'talk, rumour')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
FĀMA was what people said about you, good or bad. French prefers célèbre, the word behind English celebrity and celebrate.
English relatives: fame, infamous; celebrity (from CELEBER)
Learn it
In a sentence
- esEs una cantante famosa.
- frC'est une chanteuse célèbre.
- itÈ una cantante famosa.
- ptEla é uma cantora famosa.
- roEste o cântăreață celebră.
- caÉs una cantant famosa.
- enShe's a famous singer.
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