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fame

  [feym] noun, verb, famed, fam⋅ing.
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–noun
1. widespread reputation, esp. of a favorable character; renown; public eminence: to seek fame as an opera singer.
2. common estimation or opinion generally held of a person or thing; reputation.
–verb (used with object)
3. Archaic. to have or spread the renown of; to make famous.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME < AF, OF < L fāma talk, public opinion, repute, akin to fārī to speak

Related forms:
fameless, adjective
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fame   (fām)   
n.  
    1. Great renown: a concert violinist of international fame.
    2. Public estimation; reputation: a politician of ill fame.
  2. Archaic Rumor.
tr.v.   famed, fam·ing, fames
  1. To make renowned or famous.
  2. Archaic To report to be.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fāma; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Fame

Fame\, n. [OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr. ???? a saying, report, ????? to speak. See Ban, and cf. Fable, Fate, Euphony, Blame.]

1. Public report or rumor.

The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house. --Gen. xlv. 16.

2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.

I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. --Shak.

Syn: Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation.

Fame

Fame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famed,; p. pr. & vb. n. Faming.]

1. To report widely or honorably.

The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. --Milton.

2. To make famous or renowned.

Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : fame
Spanish: fama,
German: der Ruhm,
Japanese: 名声
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fame 
c.1290, "celebrity, renown," from O.Fr. fame, from L. fama "talk, rumor, report, reputation," from PIE base *bha- "to speak, tell, say" (cf. Skt. bhanati "speaks;" L. fari "to say;" Arm. ban, bay "word, term;" O.C.S. bajati "to talk, tell;" O.E. boian "to boast," ben "prayer, request;" Gk. pheme "talk," phone "voice, sound," phanai "to speak;" O.Ir. bann "law"). The goddess Fama was the personification of rumor in Roman mythology. The L. derivative fabulare was the colloq. word for "speak, talk" since the time of Plautus, whence Sp. hablar.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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