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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌwɛlˈnoʊn/ [General-American], /ˌwɛlˈnəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-well-known.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-well-known.wav Forms: better-known [comparative], more well-known [comparative], best-known [superlative], most well-known [superlative]
Rhymes: (General American) -oʊn, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊn Etymology: From Middle English well knowen. By surface analysis, well + known. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|well knowen}} Middle English well knowen, {{surf|+com|en|well|known}} By surface analysis, well + known Head templates: {{en-adj|better-known|more|sup=best-known}} well-known (comparative better-known or more well-known, superlative best-known or most well-known)
  1. Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known. Translations (familiar, widely known): известен (izvesten) (Bulgarian), познат (poznat) (Bulgarian), 著名 (zhùmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 出名 (chūmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 有名 (yǒumíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 眾所周知 (Chinese Mandarin), 众所周知 (zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), dobře známý (Czech), pověstný (Czech), velkendt (Danish), konata (Esperanto), tuttu (Finnish), tunnettu (Finnish), bien connu (French), ben coñecido [masculine] (Galician), sabido (Galician), wohlbekannt (German), wohl bekannt (German), berühmt (German), shahararru (Hausa), shahararre (Hausa), מוכר (mukár) (Hebrew), híres (Hungarian), közismert (Hungarian), aithnidiúil (Irish), clúiteach (Irish), iomráiteach (Irish), famoso (Italian), rinomato (Italian), noto (Italian), celebre (Italian), popolare (Italian), 名高い (nadakai) (alt: なだかい) (Japanese), perspectus (Latin), nōtus (Latin), gerai žinomas (Lithuanian), добропознат (dobropoznat) (Macedonian), познат (poznat) (Macedonian), അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന (aṟiyappeṭunna) (Malayalam), പ്രശസ്ത (praśasta) (Malayalam), പേരുകേട്ട (pērukēṭṭa) (Malayalam), kjent (Norwegian Bokmål), velkjent (Norwegian Bokmål), kjend (Norwegian Nynorsk), kjent (Norwegian Nynorsk), velkjend (Norwegian Nynorsk), velkjent (Norwegian Nynorsk), بللی (belli) (Ottoman Turkish), знамени́тый (znamenítyj) (Russian), изве́стный (izvéstnyj) (Russian), выдаю́щийся (vydajúščijsja) (Russian), známy (Slovak), consabido (Spanish), de marras (Spanish), famoso (Spanish), maalum (Swahili), välbekant (Swedish), benosevädik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-well-known-en-adj-YLdP~~EQ Disambiguation of 'familiar, widely known': 90 10
  2. (computing, not comparable) Generally recognized; reserved for some usual purpose. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: well known, wellknown Related terms: celebrity

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