fame

  • 31fame — noun (U) the state of being known about by a lot of people because of your achievements : win fame/rise to fame: Streisand first won fame as a singer before she became an actress. | at the height of your fame: The Beatles were at the height of… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32fame */*/ — UK [feɪm] / US noun [uncountable] the state of being famous Kundera achieved international fame while banned in his own country. fame and fortune (= a lot of money): Fame and fortune have come easily to Jo. rise/shoot to fame (= become famous… …

    English dictionary

  • 33fame — [[t]fe͟ɪm[/t]] N UNCOUNT If you achieve fame, you become very well known. claim to fame → see claim At the height of his fame, his every word was valued... The film earned him international fame. ...her rise to fame and fortune as a dramatist …

    English dictionary

  • 34fâme — (fâ m ) s. f. Réputation. Mot tombé en désuétude et conservé seulement dans cette locution d ancienne pratique : Rétabli dans sa bonne fâme et réputation. HISTORIQUE    XIIe s. •   Vostre fame nen est mie saine ; car à mal le pople meine, Rois, p …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 35fame — s. f. (raro al pl.) 1. inanizione, inedia, languore □ digiuno □ appetito, appetenza, voracità □ (est.) licoressia, bulimia CONTR. sazietà, pienezza, saturazione □ inappetenza □ (est.) anoressia …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 36fame — /feɪm / (say faym) noun 1. widespread reputation, especially of a favourable character: literary fame; to seek fame. 2. reputation; common estimation; opinion generally held. –verb (t) (famed, faming) 3. to spread the fame of; make famous: this… …

  • 37fame — n. 1) to achieve, attain, win; seek fame 2) international; undying fame 3) at the height of one s fame …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 38fame — {{hw}}{{fame}}{{/hw}}s. f.  (raro )  al pl. 1 Sensazione causata dall impellente bisogno di cibo: soffrire la fame | Morire di –f, essere molto affamato; (fig.) essere in condizioni di estrema miseria | Morto di –f, persona molto povera; (fig.)… …

    Enciclopedia di italiano

  • 39fame — [13] Etymologically, fame is ‘being talked about’. The word comes via Old French fame from Latin fāma ‘talk, reputation’. This in turn goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *bha ‘speak’, which also produced English confess, fable, fate,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 40fame — [13] Etymologically, fame is ‘being talked about’. The word comes via Old French fame from Latin fāma ‘talk, reputation’. This in turn goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *bha ‘speak’, which also produced English confess, fable, fate,… …

    Word origins