célèbreadj.

Brit.

/sᵻˈlɛːbr(ə)/, U.S.

/səˈlɛbr/

Forms: 1500s celébre (in a modernized text), 1600s celeber (Scottish), 1600s 1800s– celebre, 1800s– célèbre.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French celebre, célèbre; Latin celebr-, celeber.

Etymology: Originally < (i) Middle French celebre (French célèbre ) worthy of celebration (c1450), famous, well-known (1532), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin celebr-, celeber much used, busy, frequented, populous, crowded, well-attended, festive, frequent, common, widely known, notorious, famed, celebrated, distinguished, of unknown origin. In later use reborrowed < French célèbre, chiefly after cause célèbre cause célèbre n. Compare Spanish célebre (a1450), Italian celebre (a1308).

Famous, well-known. Now chiefly as a postmodifier, in phrases modelled on cause célèbre (cf. cause célèbre n.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being well-known > [adjective]

namecouthOE

ykida1100

kida1250

rifea1325

notory1399

notaryc1400

well-known?a1425

notified1530

well acquainteda1535

célèbre1539

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famosea1632

public1650

legendary1832

big1954

visible1977

1539 King Henry VIII Let. to Wyatt 19 Jan. in J. O. Halliwell Lett. Kings of Eng. (1848) (modernized text) I. 383 Barking preachers, their slanderously defaming us in so celébre a place.

1602 J. Colville Parænese 64 The celebre counsall of trent.

1657 E. Reynolds Sions Praises 26 Some send in Materials to build your houses, others send you in furniture for your ships; read Ezek. 27. and that will shew you the benefits of a Celebre Emporium.

1822 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 637 The celebre Professor..Would have found it much meeter, to have laugh'd at old Petre, and got drunk with Kit North.

1860 Bentley's Misc. 47 195 I'm afraid he's not célèbre enough for that questionable honour.

1911 D. Vaka In Shadow of Islam iii. 24 But apart from Mr. Gladstone's phrase célèbre, who is he?

1973 Morgantown (W. Virginia) Post 29 Mar. 2 b McGinnis believes Bill Walton, star celebre of UCLA, should jump at the chance to turn pro.

2004 Vanity Fair Jan. 13 Vicky Ward meets Washington's couple célèbre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	célèbre
释义	célèbreadj. Brit. /sᵻˈlɛːbr(ə)/, U.S. /səˈlɛbr/ Forms: 1500s celébre (in a modernized text), 1600s celeber (Scottish), 1600s 1800s– celebre, 1800s– célèbre. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French celebre, célèbre; Latin celebr-, celeber. Etymology: Originally < (i) Middle French celebre (French célèbre ) worthy of celebration (c1450), famous, well-known (1532), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin celebr-, celeber much used, busy, frequented, populous, crowded, well-attended, festive, frequent, common, widely known, notorious, famed, celebrated, distinguished, of unknown origin. In later use reborrowed < French célèbre, chiefly after cause célèbre cause célèbre n. Compare Spanish célebre (a1450), Italian celebre (a1308). Famous, well-known. Now chiefly as a postmodifier, in phrases modelled on cause célèbre (cf. cause célèbre n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being well-known > [adjective] namecouthOE ykida1100 kida1250 rifea1325 notory1399 notaryc1400 well-known?a1425 notified1530 well acquainteda1535 célèbre1539 notorious1555 famosea1632 public1650 legendary1832 big1954 visible1977 1539 King Henry VIII Let. to Wyatt 19 Jan. in J. O. Halliwell Lett. Kings of Eng. (1848) (modernized text) I. 383 Barking preachers, their slanderously defaming us in so celébre a place. 1602 J. Colville Parænese 64 The celebre counsall of trent. 1657 E. Reynolds Sions Praises 26 Some send in Materials to build your houses, others send you in furniture for your ships; read Ezek. 27. and that will shew you the benefits of a Celebre Emporium. 1822 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 637 The celebre Professor..Would have found it much meeter, to have laugh'd at old Petre, and got drunk with Kit North. 1860 Bentley's Misc. 47 195 I'm afraid he's not célèbre enough for that questionable honour. 1911 D. Vaka In Shadow of Islam iii. 24 But apart from Mr. Gladstone's phrase célèbre, who is he? 1973 Morgantown (W. Virginia) Post 29 Mar. 2 b McGinnis believes Bill Walton, star celebre of UCLA, should jump at the chance to turn pro. 2004 Vanity Fair Jan. 13 Vicky Ward meets Washington's couple célèbre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1539
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