fameux
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin famosus, from fama. Cf. Old French fame.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.mø/
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Adjective
fameux (feminine fameuse, masculine plural fameux, feminine plural fameuses)
- recognised, well-known, famous
- Et voici Millau et son fameux viaduc.
Further reading
- “fameux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.