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ce·leb·ri·ty    Audio Help   [suh-leb-ri-tee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ties for 1.
1.a famous or well-known person.
2.fame; renown.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L celebritās multitude, fame, festal celebration, equiv. to celebr- (s. of celeber) often repeated, famous + -itās -ity]

2. distinction, note, eminence, stardom.
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ce·leb·ri·ty    Audio Help   (sə-lěb'rĭ-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. ce·leb·ri·ties
  1. A famous person.
  2. Renown; fame.


[Middle English celebrite, fame, from Old French, from Latin celebritās, from celeber, celebr-, famous.]

ce·leb'ri·ty·hood' n.
Synonyms: These nouns refer to a widely known person: a social celebrity; the heroes of science; a theatrical luminary; a big name in sports; a notable of the concert stage; a personage in the field of philosophy.

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celebrity 
c.1380, "solemn rite or ceremony," from O.Fr. celebrité, from L. celibritatem (nom. celebritas) "multitude, fame," from celeber "frequented, populous." Meaning "condition of being famous" is from 1600; that of "famous person" is from 1849.

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celebrity

noun
1. a widely known person; "he was a baseball celebrity" 
2. the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed [syn: fame] [ant: infamy

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ceˈlebrity [-ˈle-] nounplural ceˈlebrities
a well-known person
Example: celebrities from the world of entertainment
Arabic: شَخصٌ شَهير ، ذائِعِ الصّيت
Chinese (Simplified): 著名人士
Chinese (Traditional): 著名人士
Czech: hvězda, celebrita
Danish: kendt person; berømthed; stjerne
Dutch: beroemdheid
Estonian: kuulsus
Finnish: kuuluisuus
French: célébrité
German: die Berühmtheit
Greek: διασημότητα
Hungarian: híres ember
Icelandic: nafntogaður
Indonesian: orang termashur
Italian: celebrità
Japanese: 有名人
Latvian: slavenība
Lithuanian: įžymybė
Norwegian: kjendis, berømthet
Polish: osobistość
Portuguese (Brazil): celebridade
Portuguese (Portugal): celebridade
Romanian: celebritate; vedetă
Russian: знаменитость
Slovak: slávna osobnosť
Slovenian: slavna oseba
Spanish: celebridad
Swedish: celebritet, kändis
Turkish: ünlü kişi, meşhur kimse
See also: celebrate, celebrated, celebration

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Celebrity

Ce*leb"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Celebrities. [L. celebritas: cf. F. c['e]l['e]brit['e].]

1. Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.]

The celebrity of the marriage. --Bacon.

2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.

An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. --Whewell.

3. A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.
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