different between honour vs celebrity
honour
English
Alternative forms
- honor (American)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n?(?)/
Noun
honour (countable and uncountable, plural honours)
- British spelling, Canadian spelling, South African spelling, Commonwealth of Nations, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
- 1902, Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible, Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:
- Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour.
- 1902, Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible, Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:
Antonyms
- dishonour
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
honour (third-person singular simple present honours, present participle honouring, simple past and past participle honoured)
- British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth of Nations, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
Derived terms
- honour in the breach
Translations
Middle English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman honour.
Noun
honour (plural honours)
- honour
Descendants
- English: honour, honor
References
p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.
Old French
Noun
honour m (oblique plural honours, nominative singular honours, nominative plural honour)
- Late Anglo-Norman spelling of honur
- […] prierent au roi qe mesme le cont purroit estre restorez a ses noun et honour de marquys queux il avoit pardevant.
- […] prayed to the king that even the count could be restored to his name and his honour of marquee that he had before
- […] prierent au roi qe mesme le cont purroit estre restorez a ses noun et honour de marquys queux il avoit pardevant.
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celebrity
English
Etymology
From Middle English celebrit?, from Old French celebrite (compare French célébrité), from Latin cel?brit?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??l?b??ti/
Noun
celebrity (countable and uncountable, plural celebrities)
- (obsolete) A rite or ceremony. [17th-18th c.]
- (uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: big name, distinction, fame, eminence, renown
- A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]
- Synonyms: big name, star, (informal) celeb, (informal) sleb, luminary, notable, media darling
Derived terms
Related terms
- celebutard
Translations
References
- celebrity at OneLook Dictionary Search
- celebrity in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- celebrity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Spanish
Noun
celebrity m (plural celebritys)
- celebrity
celebrity From the web:
- what celebrity do i look like
- https://starbyface.com/
- what celebrity died today
- what celebrity birthday is today
- what celebrity died this week
- what celebrity has the most kids
- what celebrity died yesterday
- what celebrity has the highest net worth
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