Meanings
comparative more world-famous · superlative most world-famous
- Renowned universally; known worldwide.
Albert Einstein is a world-famous scientist.
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Mr. Peng said that the world-famous scientist, Sven Hedin, was kidnapped by troops under General Ma in south Sinkiang, but was released later, and is believed to be safe and well at Akosu.
1934 July 14, “Sinkiang Chief Predicts Early Suppression of Rebels”, in The China Weekly Review, volume 69, number 7, →OCLC, page 257So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational.
2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68Synonyms: world-renowned
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRenowned universally; known worldwide.
Origin
Translations
Bengali বিশ্ববিখ্যাত
- বিশ্ববিখ্যাত (biśśobikkhat)renowned in many parts of the world
Bulgarian световно известен
- световно известен (svetovno izvesten)renowned in many parts of the world
Catalan mundialment famós
- mundialment famósrenowned in many parts of the world
Chinese Mandarin 舉世聞名 /举世闻名
- 舉世聞名 /举世闻名 (jǔshìwénmíng)renowned in many parts of the world
Czech světoznámý
- světoznámýrenowned in many parts of the world
Danish verdensberømt
- verdensberømtrenowned in many parts of the world
Dutch wereldberoemd
- wereldberoemdrenowned in many parts of the world
Esperanto mondfama
- mondfamarenowned in many parts of the world
Estonian maailmakuulus
- maailmakuulusrenowned in many parts of the world
Finnish maailmankuulu
- maailmankuulurenowned in many parts of the world
French mondialement connu
- mondialement connurenowned in many parts of the world
German weltbekannt, weltberühmt
- weltbekanntrenowned in many parts of the world
- weltberühmtrenowned in many parts of the world
Hindi विश्वविख्यात, विश्वविश्रुत
- विश्वविख्यात (viśvavikhyāt)renowned in many parts of the world
- विश्वविश्रुत (viśvaviśrut)renowned in many parts of the world
Hungarian világhírű
- világhírűrenowned in many parts of the world
Korean 세계적(世界的)으로 유명한
- 세계적(世界的)으로 유명한 (segyejeogeuro yumyeonghan)renowned in many parts of the world
Norwegian Bokmål verdensberømt, verdenskjent
- verdensberømtrenowned in many parts of the world
- verdenskjentrenowned in many parts of the world
Russian всеми́рно изве́стный
- всеми́рно изве́стный (vsemírno izvéstnyj)renowned in many parts of the world
Spanish mundialmente famoso
- mundialmente famosorenowned in many parts of the world
Swedish världsberömd
- världsberömdrenowned in many parts of the world
Ukrainian всесві́тньо відо́мий, всесвітньовідо́мий
- всесві́тньо відо́мий (vsesvítnʹo vidómyj)renowned in many parts of the world
- всесвітньовідо́мий (vsesvitnʹovidómyj)renowned in many parts of the world
Welsh byd-enwog
- byd-enwogrenowned in many parts of the world
Yiddish וועלט־באַרימט
- וועלט־באַרימט (velt-barimt)renowned in many parts of the world
Rhymes & wordplay
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world-famous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/world-famous
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