fameux
French, adjective/fa.mø/
fameux is spelled F-A-M-E-U-X (6 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fameux is a French adjective meaning “recognised, well-known, famous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dont la réputation est très grande”.
What does fameux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
recognised, well-known, famous
Et voici Millau et son fameux viaduc.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont la réputation est très grande. 2. Qui est remarquable en son genre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fameux
- fameuse feminine
- fameuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fameux?
- /fa.mø/
- \fa.mø\
- [fa.mø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fameux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fameux in French?
fameux appears 26 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).