Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

renown

/ɹɪˈnaʊn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables: renown
IPA: /ɹɪˈnaʊn/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.

Uncountable

noun

Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise.

Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

To make famous.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]"
"And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: […]"
"[…] Nor envy we / Thy great Renown, nor grudge thy Victory; / 'Tis thine, O King, th' Afflicted to redreſs, / And Fame has fill'd the World with thy Succeſs; […]"
"There sleep the mighty dead as in life they slept, warriors and princes of high renown."
"[…] one day local fame would become world renown […]"
"[…] She / Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan, / Of whom so often I have heard renown, / But never saw before;"

Etymology

From Old French renoun (compare with Modern French renom), equivalent to re- + noun.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹɪˈnaʊn/
British English: /ɹɪˈnaʊn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

renowns (plural) renowns (present, singular) renowning (participle, present) renowned (participle, past) renowned (past)

Derived Forms

renowner renownful renownless unrenown

Frequently Paired Words

renowned

Synonyms

fame celebrity

Rhymes With

down top-down run-down town brown crown downtown clown gown drown noun browne

Questions

How do you pronounce renown?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈnaʊn/.
What does renown mean?: Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
Where does renown come from?: From Old French renoun (compare with Modern French renom), equivalent to re- + noun.

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