Celebrity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a widely known person

the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɑːɾɚnˌɪks/

🇬🇧British English

/kˌəʊlstiːtˈəʊmə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˌəʊlstiːtˈəʊmə/

4 syllables Say it as /kˈɑːɾɚnˌɪks/.

Examples

he was a baseball celebrity

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

renown fame famous person

Antonyms

infamy

Parts of Speech

noun	a widely known person “he was a baseball celebrity”
noun	the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

Word Forms

famous

adjective

widely known and esteemed

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Berühmtheit

eine weithin bekannte Person

🇫🇷French

célébrité

une personne bien connue

🇪🇸Spanish

celebridad

una persona ampliamente conocida

🇮🇹Italian

celebrità

una persona ampiamente conosciuta

🇳🇱Dutch

beroemdheid

een algemeen bekend persoon

🇵🇹Portuguese

celebridade

uma pessoa amplamente conhecida

🇷🇺Russian

знаменитость

широко известный человек

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रसिद्ध व्यक्ति

एक व्यापक रूप से ज्ञात व्यक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

সেলিব্রিটি

একটি ব্যাপক পরিচিত ব্যক্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

பிரபலம்

பரவலாக அறியப்பட்ட நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రముఖుడు

విస్తృతంగా తెలిసిన వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

सेलिब्रिटी

एक व्यापक ज्ञात व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

સેલિબ્રિટી

વ્યાપકપણે જાણીતી વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ

ವ್ಯಾಪಕವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಚಿತ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സെലിബ്രിറ്റി

പരക്കെ അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੇਲਿਬ੍ਰਿਟੀ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਆਪਕ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

مشہور شخصیت

ایک وسیع پیمانے پر جانا جاتا شخص

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

名人

广为人知的人

🇯🇵Japanese

有名人

広く知られている人

🇰🇷Korean

유명 인사

널리 알려진 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người nổi tiếng

một người được biết đến rộng rãi

🇹🇭Thai

คนดัง

บุคคลที่รู้จักกันอย่างแพร่หลาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

selebriti

orang yang dikenal luas

🇵🇭Filipino

tanyag na tao

isang kilalang tao

🇲🇾Malay

selebriti

seorang yang dikenali ramai

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المشاهير

شخص معروف على نطاق واسع

🇮🇷Persian

سلبریتی

یک فرد شناخته شده

🇹🇷Turkish

ünlü

yaygın olarak tanınan bir kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

אִישִׁיוּת מְפוּרְסֶמֶת

אדם ידוע ברבים

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The primary meaning of 'celebrity' is 'a widely known person'.

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