fama
See also: Fama and fāmá
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fama, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-mā-, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈfa.mə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ma/
Noun
fama f (plural fames)
- fame
References
- “fama” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chickasaw
Verb
fama
- to be whipped
Related terms
- fammi
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfama]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ama
- Hyphenation: fa‧ma
Adjective
fama (accusative singular faman, plural famaj, accusative plural famajn)
- famous
Related terms
- bonfama
- bonfamo
- fame
- famigi
- famiĝi
- famo
- famulo
- fifama
- senfama
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fāma, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-mā-, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfa.ma/
- Rhymes: -ama
- Hyphenation: fà‧ma
Noun
fama f (plural fame)
- fame, renown
- Synonyms: celebrità, notorietà
- reputation, name
- Synonyms: reputazione, nome
- report, rumor
Derived terms
- famigerato
Further reading
- fama in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Jamamadí
Numeral
fama
- (Banawá) two
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂meh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).Cognate to Ancient Greek φήμη (phḗmē, “talk”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfaː.ma/, [ˈfäːmä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ma/, [ˈfäːmä]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
fāma f (genitive fāmae); first declension
- fame
- Synonyms: indicium, nūntius, notitia
- rumour, report
- reputation
- 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, Heroides 17.17, (translation Benham's Book of Quotations 1948):
- Fāma tamen clāra est; et adhūc sine crīmine vīxī.
- My good name is nevertheless unstained; and so far I have lived without blame.
- Fāma tamen clāra est; et adhūc sine crīmine vīxī.
- 61 CE – c. 112 CE, Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 3.20.9:
- Multī fāmam, conscientiam paucī verentur.
- Many fear their reputation, few their conscience.
- Multī fāmam, conscientiam paucī verentur.
- Dīmīcantī dē fāmā dēesse.
- To abandon one whose reputation is attacked.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fāma | fāmae |
| Genitive | fāmae | fāmārum |
| Dative | fāmae | fāmīs |
| Accusative | fāmam | fāmās |
| Ablative | fāmā | fāmīs |
| Vocative | fāma | fāmae |
Derived terms
- īnfāmis
Descendants
- → Albanian: famë
- Asturian: fama
- Catalan: fama
- Dutch: faam
- English: fame
- French: fameux
- Italian: fama
- Old French: fame
- Piedmontese: fama
- → Polish: fama
- Portuguese: fama
- Romanian: faimă
- Spanish: fama
Noun
fāmā
- ablative singular of fāma
References
- “fama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be able to endure hunger and thirst: famis et sitis patientem esse
- report says; people say: rumor, fama, sermo est or manat
- a rumour is prevalent: rumor, fama viget
- a report is spreading imperceptibly: fama serpit (per urbem)
- to spread a rumour: famam dissipare
- to know from hearsay: auditione et fama accepisse aliquid
- to gain distinction: gloriam, famam sibi comparare
- to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: de gloria, fama alicuius detrahere
- to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius famam, laudem imminuere
- to render obscure, eclipse a person: obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem)
- to have regard for one's good name: famae servire, consulere
- to live up to one's reputation: famam ante collectam tueri, conservare
- to gain the reputation of cruelty: famam crudelitatis subire (Catil. 4. 6. 12)
- to leave a great reputation behind one: magnam sui famam relinquere
- to be able to endure hunger and thirst: famis et sitis patientem esse
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fāma. Doublet of bajać, bajan, fabuła, fatalny, fatum, and fejm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfa.ma/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: fa‧ma
Noun
fama f
- renown, rumour
- Synonym: pogłoska
Declension
Declension of fama
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | fama |
| genitive | famy |
| dative | famie |
| accusative | famę |
| instrumental | famą |
| locative | famie |
| vocative | famo |
Further reading
- fama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese fama, from Latin fāma, from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₂-mā-, from *bheh₂- (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɐ̃.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɐ.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɐ.mɐ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
- Hyphenation: fa‧ma
Noun
fama f (plural famas)
- reputation
- Esse homem tem má fama.
- That man has a bad reputation.
- fame
- Ele entrou para o hall da fama.
- He entered the hall of fame.
Related terms
- famoso
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish fama, probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fāma (partly due to phonetic reasons: initial f did not become h, and because it preserved the Latin sense perfectly; additionally its derivatives are also learned[1]), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₂-mā-, from *bheh₂- (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfama/ [ˈfa.ma]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: fa‧ma
Noun
fama f (plural famas)
- reputation
- fame
Derived terms
- buena fama
- mala fama
- salón de la fama
Related terms
- famoso
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “fama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014