Renown

Definition: Renown

Renown

Noun

1. The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed.

Date "renown" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame -- a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand. I touched the harp in every key, But found no heeding ear; And then Ithuriel touched me With a revealing spear. Not all my genius, great as 'tis, Could urge me out of night. I felt the faint appulse of his, And leapt into the light! W.J. Candleton. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Renown

Synonyms: celebrity (n), fame (n). (additional references)

Antonym: infamy (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Memory	Celebrity, fame, renown, reputation; (repute).
Repute	Noun: distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat, " the bubble reputation ", vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis; approbation; credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Renown

English words defined with "renown": Fameless ♦ Renomee, Renowme, Renownedly, Renowner, Renownful, Renownless. (references)

Specialty definitions using "renown": Geography ♦ Nor, not, Notoriety ♦ renown ♦ SMITH. (references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Whereupon he switched to the field of medicine in which field he also won renown as the inventor of gargling. (In Old Mexico; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Movie/TV Titles	Les Brown and His Band of Renown (1949)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Renown Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Renown Leatherwares Public Company Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Renown Look Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Knights of Dark Renown (reference) Our Lord Jesus Christ: A Plant of Renown (reference) RENOWN INC.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown, in Nottinghamshire (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Fame & Renown [IMPORT] (reference) Les Brown and His Band of Renown (reference) The Irish Singers of Great Renown (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Watercolor by Edward Tufnell, RN (Retired), depicting British battlecruiser Renown, battleship Malaya and aircraft carrier Ark Royal operating together in 1941.Credit: NAVY.		Watercolor by Edward Tufnell, RN (Retired), depicting British battlecruiser Renown, battleship Malaya and aircraft carrier Ark Royal operating together in 1941.Credit: NAVY.
	Watercolor by Edward Tufnell, RN (Retired), depicting British battlecruiser Renown, battleship Malaya and aircraft carrier Ark Royal operating together in 1941.Credit: NAVY.		Steaming at high speed, circa 1916-17, as seen from the high-angle gun platform of another British warship. Gun is probably a three-inch type. Note that Renown still has her original searchlight installation, which was replaced later in 1917.Credit: NAVY.
	Leading other Royal Navy capital ships during maneuvers, circa the later 1920s. The next ship astern is HMS Renown. The extensive external side armor of Repulse and the larger "bulge" of Renown allow these ships to be readily differentiated. Photograph by Underwood & Underwood.Credit: NAVY.		Firing her 15-inch guns during maneuvers off Portland, England, circa the later 1920s. The next ship astern is HMS Renown. Photographed from HMS Hood.Credit: NAVY.
	Watercolor by Edward Tufnell, RN (Retired), depicting British battlecruiser Renown, battleship Malaya and aircraft carrier Ark Royal operating together in 1941.Credit: NAVY.		Leading other Royal Navy capital ships during maneuvers, circa the later 1920s. The next ship astern is HMS Renown. The extensive external side armor of Repulse and the larger "bulge" of Renown allow these ships to be readily differentiated. Photograph by Underwood & Underwood.Credit: NAVY.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Dante Alighieri	Worldly renown is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes this way and that, and changes name because it changes quarter.
Edward Young	Some, for renown, on scraps of learning dote, and think they grow immortal as they quote.
Johann L. Von Mosheim	Renown is a source of toil and sorrow; obscurity is a source of happiness.
Leonardo da Vinci	Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown.
Sallust	The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is splendid and lasting possession.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Lamarque was a man of renown and of action.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Monroe	1817-1825	His gallantry in a brilliant exploit in the late war added to the renown of his country.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Renown" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.55% of the time. "Renown" is used about 71 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	91.55%	65	41,645
Noun (proper)	7.04%	5	157,705
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.41%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	71	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "renown".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Shem	N/A	Biblical	Renown
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Country	Name	Country	Name
Japan	Renown Incorporated	Thailand	Renown Leatherwares Public Company Limited
	(more examples...)

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "renown"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		beroemdheid (celebrity, fame, glory), befaamdheid (fame, hearsay, repute, rumor, rumour). (various references)

Albanian		famë (celebrity, eminence, fame, glory, hearsay, kudos, laurels, luster, lustre, Mark, nimbus, notoriety, recognition, report, reputation, repute, rumor, rumour). (various references)

Arabic		‏سمعة (character, credit, fame, report, reputation, repute, standing), ‏صيت (character, reputation), ‏جعله شهيرا (fame), ‏شهرة (bay, celebrity, fame, kudos, notability, prominence, publicity, report, reputation, repute). (various references)

Bulgarian		слава (aureole, fame, glory, kudos, laurels, luster, lustre, record), известност (celebrity, fame, note, notoriety, prominence). (various references)

Catalan		fam (fame, hearsay, repute, rumor, rumour). (various references)

Chinese		名望 . (various references)

Czech		vìhlas (celebrity, eminence), sláva (distinction, eclat, fame, gl, gloriole, glory, kudos, luster, lustre, show, stardom), proslulost (celebrity, distinction, eminence, prestige). (various references)

Dutch		onderscheiding (award, decor, decoration, discrimination, distinction). (various references)

Esperanto		renomo (fame), gloro (fame, glory), famo (fame, hearsay, repute, rumor, rumour), fameco (fame), distingo (distinction). (various references)

Faeroese		heiður (fame, glory, honor, honour), giti (fame). (various references)

Farsi		معروفیت (Popularity), مشهورکردن (Distinguish, Fame), نام (Fame, Name, Nomenclature, Noun, Title), صیت , اوازه (Air, Buzz, Fame, Hearsay, News, Reputation), اشتهار (Popularization, Reputation, Repute), شهرت (Attribute, Emprise, Esteem, Estimate, Fame, Grapevine, Notability, Odor, Report, Reputation). (various references)

Finnish		maine (fame, reputation). (various references)

French		renommée (report, repute), renom (report, repute), distinction. (various references)

Frisian		gloarje (fame, glory), faam (bride, fame, fiancée, hearsay, maid, repute, rumor, rumour, servant, virgin). (various references)

German		ruhm (fame, glory, luster, lustre, praise, stardom), Ruf (call, calling, cry, fame, hearsay, hoot, name, rep, report, reputation, repute, ringing, rumor, rumour, shout, telephone number, whoop), Berühmtheit (celebrity, fame, famousness, glory, illustriousness, notability, notable, prominence, publicity, stardom), ansehen (appearance, consider, count, credit, deem, esteem, eye, kudos, look, look at, look on, look upon, prestige, regard, reputation, repute, respect, respectability, see, standing, standung, status, tell by looking, view, watch). (various references)

Greek		φήμη (bruit, celebrity, character, fame, hearsay, kudos, name, report, reputation, reputation for, rumor, rumour), δόξα (bay, glory, kudos). (various references)

Hawaiian		famë (fame, hearsay, repute, rumor, rumour). (various references)

Hebrew		מו� יטין (fame, reputation, repute). (various references)

Hungarian		renomé, hírnév (boast, celebrity, distinction, fame, glory, kudos, luster, lustre, name, reputation, repute). (various references)

Indonesian		kemashuran (fame, notoriety). (various references)

Italian		rinomanza (fame), fama (call, fame, kudos, rep, report, reputation, repute, rumour). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		聞�"え (fame, reputation), 高名 (fame), 雷名 (fame, great name), 名望 (reputation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		き�"え (fame, reputation), �"うめい (fairness, fame, justice), �"うみょう (clever, deft, fame, glory, great achievement, hope, ingenious, right future, skillful), めいぼう (bright or beautiful eyes, reputation), らいめい (fame, great name, thunder). (various references)

Manx		tastoilid (conspicuousness), foaynoo mooar, ard-ghoo (fame, illustriousness), ard-ennym (eminence, fame, title). (various references)

Papiamen		gloria (fame, glory), distinshon (distinction). (various references)

Pig Latin		enownray

Portuguese		renome (fame, glory, hearsay, kudos, notoriety, reputation, repute, rumor, rumour), glória (eclat, fame, glory, kudos, laurel), fama (celebrity, fame, glory, hearsay, honor, honour, name, notoriety, report, reputation, repute, rumor, rumour, success, worldwide). (various references)

Romanian		reputaţie (character, crown, name, note, record, regard, rep, report, reputation, repute, standing), renume (fame, luster, lustre, name, recognition, report, reputation, repute), slavå (fame, glory), glorie (eclat, eminence, fame, glory, luster, lustre), faimã (blaze of publicity, celebrity, eclat, fame, flare, luster, lustre, name, notoriety, rep, reputation, repute), celebritate (celebrity, fame, lion, star, worthy). (various references)

Russian		слава (aureole, fame, glory, luster, lustre), известность (celebrity, eclat, fame, notoriety). (various references)

Scottish		cliù (honour, praise, reputation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		renome, slava (fame, glory, kudos, praise, slava). (various references)

Spanish		hambre (fame, famine, hearsay, hunger, repute, rumor, rumour, starvation), renombre, conocimientos (acquaintance, acquirement, attainment, background, fame, information, intellect, knowledge). (various references)

Swedish		ryktbarhet (celebrity, fame). (various references)

Turkish		xan (fame, glory), debdebe (display, fame, glory, pomp, state, tumidity), şan (character, eclat, fame, glory, singing), şöhret (bays, celebrity, distinction, fame, kudos, laurels, notability, notable, odor, odour, prominence, publicity, record, rep, report, reputation, repute), íhtíxam (fame, glory), ün (bays, celebrity, distinction, fame, glory, kudos, laurels, name, prestige, prominence, rep, report, reputation, repute). (various references)

Ukranian		слава (aureola, aureole, celebration, celebrity, chit chat, fame, glorification, glory, luster, lustre, odor, odour), популярність (availability, celebrity, fame, note, popularity, publicity, repute, vogue). (various references)

Vietnamese		tiếng tăm (fame, illustriousness, name, repute), danh tiếng (character, fame, glory, kudos, reputation). (various references)

Welsh		enwogrwydd (fame), clod (fame, praise). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	kyddos. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	gloria. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 6, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Oi de giganteV hsan epi thV ghV en taiV hmeraiV ekeinaiV kai met' ekeino wV an eiseporeuonto oi uioi tou qeou proV taV qugateraV twn anqrwpwn kai egennwsan eautoiV ekeinoi hsan oi giganteV oi ap' aiwnoV oi anqrwpoi oi onomastoi
Latin	405	Vulgate	Gigantes autem erant super terram in diebus illis postquam enim ingressi sunt filii Dei ad filias hominum illaeque genuerunt isti sunt potentes a saeculo viri famosi
Old English	990	West Saxon	Entas wæron wæron eac swylce ofer eorðan on ðam dagum, æfter ðan ðe Godes bearn tymdon wið manna dohtra ond hi cendon: ða synd mihtige fram worulde ond hlisfulle weras.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Giauntis forsothe weren vpon the erthe in tho daies, aftir forsothe that the sonys of God weren gon ynne to the dowytrys of men, and thei goten; thes ben myyti of the world and famows men.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	There were tirantes in the world in thos dayes. For after that the children of God had gone in vnto the doughters of men and had begotten them childern the same childern were the mightiest of the world and men of renowne
Jacobean English	1611	King James	There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them: the same became mighty men, who were of old, men of renown.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Genesis Chapter 6, Verse 4
Cebuano	Niadtong mga adlawa dihay mga higante sa yuta; ug sa human usab niini sa nahaduol ang mga anak nga lalake sa Dios sa mga anak nga babaye sa mga tawo, ug nanagpanganak sila; kini sila mao ang mga maisug nga tawo sa karaang panahon, ang mga tawo nga bantugan.
Croatian	U ona su vremena - a i kasnije - na zemlji bili Nefili, kad su Božji sinovi opæili s ljudskim kæerima pa im one raðale djecu. To su oni od starine po snazi glasoviti ljudi.
Danish	I hine Dage, da Gudssønnerne gik ind til Menneskedøtrene og disse fødte dem Børn men også senere hen i Tiden - levede Kæmperne på Jorden. Det er Heltene, hvis Ry når tilbage til Fortids Dage.
Dutch	In die dagen waren er reuzen op de aarde, en ook daarna, als Gods zonen tot de dochteren der mensen ingegaan waren, en zich kinderen gewonnen hadden; deze zijn de geweldigen, die van ouds geweest zijn, mannen van name.
Finnish	Siihen aikaan eli maan päällä jättiläisiä, ja myöhemminkin, kun Jumalan pojat yhtyivät ihmisten tyttäriin ja nämä synnyttivät heille lapsia; nämä olivat noita muinaisajan kuuluisia sankareita.
French	Les géants étaient sur la terre en ces temps-l� , après que les fils de Dieu furent venus vers les filles des hommes, et qu`elles leur eurent donné des enfants: ce sont ces héros qui furent fameux dans l`antiquité.
German	Es waren auch zu den Zeiten Tyrannen auf Erden; denn da die Kinder Gottes zu den Töchtern der Menschen eingingen und sie ihnen Kinder gebaren, wurden daraus Gewaltige in der Welt und berühmte Männer.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Pada zaman itu, dan juga sesudahnya, ada orang-orang raksasa di bumi. Mereka keturunan gadis-gadis manusia yang kawin dengan makhluk-makhluk ilahi. Orang-orang raksasa itu adalah pahlawan-pahlawan besar dan orang-orang termasyhur di zaman purbakala.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka pada zaman itu adalah beberapa orang tinggi besar dalam dunia dan kemudian dari pada itupun, setelah anak-anak Allah bersetubuh dengan anak-anak perempuan manusia lalu beranak; maka inilah orang gagah dan orang yang termasyhur namanya pada zaman dahulukala.
Italian	C'erano sulla terra i giganti a quei tempi - e anche dopo - quando i figli di Dio si univano alle figlie degli uomini e queste partorivano loro dei figli: sono questi gli eroi dell'antichit� , uomini famosi.
Maori	¶ He roroa nga tangata o te whenua i aua ra, a i muri iho, i te haerenga o nga tama a te Atua ki nga tamahine a te tangata, a ka whanau a ratou tamariki, ko ratou nga marohirohi o mua, he tangata whai ingoa.
Norwegian	I de dager var kjempene på jorden og likeså siden, da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre, og de fødte dem barn; det er de veldige fra fordums tid, de navnkundige.
Portuguese	Naqueles dias estavam os nefilins na terra, e também depois, quando os filhos de Deus conheceram as filhas dos homens, as quais lhes deram filhos. Esses nefilins eram os valentes, os homens de renome, que houve na antigüidade.
Rumanian	Uriawii erau pe pqmknt kn vremurile acelea, wi chiar wi dupq ce s`au kmpreunat fiii lui Dumnezeu cu fetele oamenilor, wi le-au nqscut ele copii: acewtia erau vitejii cari au fost kn vechime, oameni cu nume.
Spanish	En aquellos días había gigantes en la tierra, y aun después, cuando se unieron los hijos de Dios con las hijas de los hombres y les nacieron hijos. Ellos eran los héroes que desde la antigüedad fueron hombres de renombre.
Swedish	Vid den tiden, likasom ock efteråt, levde jättarna på jorden, sedan Guds söner begynte gå in till människornas döttrar och dessa födde barn åt dem; detta var forntidens väldiga män, som voro så namnkunniga.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "renown": renowned, renowning, renowns. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Renown" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Erdnow, Menown, ranon, recow, redown, Reknown, renon, renoun, renownd, renw, resown. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "renown" (pronounced runou"n)
3	-n ou" n	noun.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: wonner.
	Words within the letters "e-n-n-o-r-w"
	-1 letter: owner, rewon, rowen.
	-2 letters: enow, neon, none, wore, worn, wren.
	-3 letters: eon, ern, new, nor, now, one, ore, owe, own, roe, row, wen, woe, won.
	-4 letters: en, er, ne, no, oe, on, or, ow, re, we, wo.
	Words containing the letters "e-n-n-o-r-w"
	+1 letter: newborn, renowns, wonners.
	+2 letters: cowinner, newborns, nonowner, renowned, wantoner, winnower, wornness.
	+3 letters: brownnose, cowinners, downrange, downtrend, foreknown, knowinger, landowner, nonanswer, nonlawyer, nonowners, nonviewer, nonworker, nonwriter, pennywort, renowning, sundowner, uncrowned, wantoners, warbonnet, winnowers, wondering, worsening, wrongness.
	+4 letters: brownnosed, brownnoser, brownnoses, brownstone, decrowning, downtowner, downtrends, embrowning, interwoven, landowners, narrowness, networking, newsmonger, newsperson, nonanswers, nonlawyers, nonnetwork, nonrenewal, nonswimmer, nonviewers, nonworkers, nonwriters, pennyworth, pennyworts, rawinsonde, recrowning, reendowing, sundowners, warbonnets, wonderland, wonderment, workingmen, wornnesses.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 6E 6F 77 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01101110 01101111 01110111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#110 &#111 &#119 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 006E 006F 0077 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
renown	18
renown web	13
hms renown	6
exists famo internet make presence renown web	5
400 peavey renown	2
charter renown tour	2
charter renown	2
renown steel	2
renown triumph	2
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Renown

Definition: Renown

Renown

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Renown

Synonyms: Renown

Synonyms within Context: Renown

Memory

Repute

Crosswords: Renown

Modern Usage: Renown

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Renown

References

Books

Music

Image Slideshow: Renown

Illustrations:Renown

Photo Album: Renown

Familiar Quotations: Renown

Dante Alighieri

Edward Young

Johann L. Von Mosheim

Leonardo da Vinci

Sallust

Use in Literature: Renown

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: Renown

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Renown

James Monroe

Usage Frequency: Renown

Derived & Related Names: Renown

Usage in Company Names: Renown

Renown Incorporated

Renown Leatherwares Public Company Limited

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Renown

Modern Translations: Renown

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Ukranian

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Ancestral Language Translations: Renown

Bible Trace: Renown

Illustrations:
Renown