"illustrious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈlʌs.tɹi.əs/ [General-American], /-ˈləs-/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-illustrious.ogg [Australia] Forms: more illustrious [comparative], most illustrious [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin illūstris (“bright, shining; distinguished, prominent, illustrious”) + -ous (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree”). Illūstris is derived from illūstrō (“to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious”), from in- (“prefix meaning ‘in, inside’”) + lustrō (“to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate”) (from lustrō (“purificatory sacrifice”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”) or *lewh₃- (“to wash”)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|illūstris||bright, shining; distinguished, prominent, illustrious}} Latin illūstris (“bright, shining; distinguished, prominent, illustrious”), {{suffix|en||ous|t2=suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree}} + -ous (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree”), {{m|la|illūstrō||to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious}} illūstrō (“to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious”), {{m|la|in-||prefix meaning ‘in, inside’}} in- (“prefix meaning ‘in, inside’”), {{m|la|lustrō||to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate}} lustrō (“to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate”), {{m|la|lustrō||purificatory sacrifice}} lustrō (“purificatory sacrifice”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*lewk-||bright; to shine}} Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”), {{m|ine-pro|*lewh₃-||to wash}} *lewh₃- (“to wash”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} illustrious (comparative more illustrious, superlative most illustrious)
  1. Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known. Derived forms: illustriously, illustriousness, nonillustrious, unillustrious Related terms: lustrious Translations (admired, respected, or well-known): ἐπιφανής (epiphanḗs) (Ancient Greek), شَهِير (šahīr) (Arabic), مَجِيد (majīd) (Arabic), знатен (znaten) (Bulgarian), прославен (proslaven) (Bulgarian), знаменит (znamenit) (Bulgarian), il·lustre (Catalan), 有名 (yǒumíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 著名 (zhùmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 優秀 (Chinese Mandarin), 优秀 (yōuxiù) (Chinese Mandarin), 輝煌 (Chinese Mandarin), 辉煌 (huīhuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 燦爛 (Chinese Mandarin), 灿烂 (cànlàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 傑出 (Chinese Mandarin), 杰出 (jiéchū) (Chinese Mandarin), vynikající (Czech), význačný (Czech), znamenitý (Czech), proslulý (Czech), illuster (Dutch), roemrijk (Dutch), kuulus (Estonian), väljapaistev (Estonian), silmapaistev (Estonian), lugupeetav (Estonian), auväärne (Estonian), hiilgav (Estonian), valovoimainen (Finnish), illustre (French), ilustre (Galician), egrexio (Galician), escrarecido (Galician), glorreich (German), erlaucht [dated] (German), famoza (Ido), glorioza (Ido), famoso (Italian), pulchrum (Latin), illustris (Latin), зна́менит (známenit) (Macedonian), про́чуен (próčuen) (Macedonian), сла́вен (sláven) (Macedonian), про́славен (próslaven) (Macedonian), taiea (Maori), znamienity (Polish), wspaniały (Polish), ilustre (Portuguese), знамени́тый (znamenítyj) (Russian), изве́стный (izvéstnyj) (Russian), просла́вленный (proslávlennyj) (Russian), сла́вный (slávnyj) (Russian), znamenit (Serbo-Croatian), ilustre (Spanish), ínclito [formal] (Spanish), preclaro (Spanish), illuster (Swedish), có tiếng (Vietnamese), nổi tiếng (Vietnamese), lừng lẫy (Vietnamese), rạng rỡ (Vietnamese), vinh quang (Vietnamese), ilusse (Walloon)

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          "text": "The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
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          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
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          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
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          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "hiilgav"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "valovoimainen"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "illustre"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "egrexio"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "escrarecido"
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          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "glorreich"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "epiphanḗs",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "ἐπιφανής"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "famoza"
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        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "glorioza"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "famoso"
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "pulchrum"
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "illustris"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "známenit",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "зна́менит"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "próčuen",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "про́чуен"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sláven",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "сла́вен"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "próslaven",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "про́славен"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "taiea"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "znamienity"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
          "word": "wspaniały"
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          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
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          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
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          "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
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        "4": "to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious"
      },
      "expansion": "illūstrō (“to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "in-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "prefix meaning ‘in, inside’"
      },
      "expansion": "in- (“prefix meaning ‘in, inside’”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "lustrō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate"
      },
      "expansion": "lustrō (“to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "lustrō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "purificatory sacrifice"
      },
      "expansion": "lustrō (“purificatory sacrifice”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lewk-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bright; to shine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*lewh₃-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to wash"
      },
      "expansion": "*lewh₃- (“to wash”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin illūstris (“bright, shining; distinguished, prominent, illustrious”) + -ous (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree”). Illūstris is derived from illūstrō (“to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious”), from in- (“prefix meaning ‘in, inside’”) + lustrō (“to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate”) (from lustrō (“purificatory sacrifice”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”) or *lewh₃- (“to wash”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more illustrious",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most illustrious",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "illustrious (comparative more illustrious, superlative most illustrious)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "il‧lus‧tri‧ous"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lustrious"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms suffixed with -ous",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1941, Ogden Nash, “The Ant”, in The Face is Familiar: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash, reprint edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 224",
          "text": "The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0 – 0 Brazil”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2018-03-28",
          "text": "[Marcus] Rashford showed the fearless streak [Gareth] Southgate so admires with his constant willingness to run at Brazil's defence with pace, even demonstrating on occasion footwork that would not have been out of place from members of England's illustrious opposition.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Admired",
          "admired#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "distinguished",
          "distinguished#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "respected",
          "respected#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "well-known",
          "well-known"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈlʌs.tɹi.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˈləs-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-illustrious.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/En-au-illustrious.ogg/En-au-illustrious.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/En-au-illustrious.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šahīr",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "شَهِير"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "majīd",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "مَجِيد"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "znaten",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "знатен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proslaven",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "прославен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "znamenit",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "знаменит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "il·lustre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒumíng",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "有名"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhùmíng",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "著名"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "優秀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōuxiù",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "优秀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "輝煌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huīhuáng",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "辉煌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "燦爛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cànlàn",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "灿烂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "傑出"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiéchū",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "杰出"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "vynikající"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "význačný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "znamenitý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "proslulý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "illuster"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "roemrijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "kuulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "väljapaistev"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "silmapaistev"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "lugupeetav"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "auväärne"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "hiilgav"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "valovoimainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "illustre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "ilustre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "egrexio"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "escrarecido"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "glorreich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "erlaucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epiphanḗs",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "ἐπιφανής"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "famoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "glorioza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "famoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "pulchrum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "illustris"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "známenit",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "зна́менит"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "próčuen",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "про́чуен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sláven",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "сла́вен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "próslaven",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "про́славен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "taiea"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "znamienity"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "wspaniały"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "ilustre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "znamenítyj",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "знамени́тый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izvéstnyj",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "изве́стный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proslávlennyj",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "просла́вленный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slávnyj",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "сла́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "znamenit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "ilustre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "ínclito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "preclaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "illuster"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "có tiếng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "nổi tiếng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "lừng lẫy"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "rạng rỡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "vinh quang"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "admired, respected, or well-known",
      "word": "ilusse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "illustrious"
}

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