renown
pronunciation
How to pronounce renown in British English:
UK [rɪˈnaʊn]
How to pronounce renown in American English:
US [rɪˈnaʊn]
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- Noun:
- the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
Word Origin
- renown
- renown: [14] To be renowned is etymologically to be ‘named again’, and hence to be ‘famous’. The word comes from Old French renon, a derivative of the verb renomer ‘make famous’. This was formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and nomer ‘name’, a descendant of Latin nōmināre, from which English gets nominate.=> nominate, noun
- renown (n.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French renoun, Old French renon "renown, fame, reputation," from renomer "make famous," from re- "repeatedly" (see re-) + nomer "to name," from Latin nominare "to name" (see nominate). The Middle English verb reknouen "make known, acknowledge" has been assimilated to the noun via renowned. In old German university slang, a reknowner (German renommist) was "a boaster, a swaggerer."
Example
- 1. Although the discovery gained world renown , the lie behind piltdown man slowly and steadily unraveled .
- 2. The grandeur comes from the surging application rates , the international renown , the fancy new dining and athletic facilities .
- 3. Prussia 's decisive victories in the franco-prussian war bring international renown to the king 's army and its training techniques , including the now widely imitated kriegsspiel .
- 4. His writings earned him 20 years of exile and international renown , making him one of the most prominent dissidents of the soviet era and a symbol of intellectual resistance to communist rule .
- 5. Lula has not quite achieved the global renown and secular sainthood of nelson mandela .