The following passage is a quotation from a well-known fable.
Source: tatoeba (28384)
Well-known
//ˌwɛlˈnoʊn//
Synonyms for "well-known" (85 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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Translations
66 translations across 30 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- известен adj (familiar, widely known)
- познат adj (familiar, widely known)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 出名 adj (familiar, widely known)
- 有名 adj (familiar, widely known)
- 眾所周知 /众所周知 adj (familiar, widely known)
- 著名 adj (familiar, widely known)
Czech
2 entries- dobře známý adj (familiar, widely known)
- pověstný adj (familiar, widely known)
Danish
1 entries- velkendt adj (familiar, widely known)
Esperanto
1 entries- konata adj (familiar, widely known)
Finnish
2 entries- tunnettu adj (familiar, widely known)
- tuttu adj (familiar, widely known)
French
1 entries- bien connu adj (familiar, widely known)
Galician
2 entries- ben coñecido adj (familiar, widely known)
- sabido adj (familiar, widely known)
Georgian
4 entries- საყოველთაოდ ცნობილი adj (familiar, widely known)
- სახელგანთქმული adj (familiar, widely known)
- ფართოდ ცნობილი adj (familiar, widely known)
- ცნობილი adj (familiar, widely known)
German
3 entries- berühmt adj (familiar, widely known)
- wohl bekannt adj (familiar, widely known)
- wohlbekannt adj (familiar, widely known)
Hausa
2 entries- shahararre adj (familiar, widely known)
- shahararru adj (familiar, widely known)
Hebrew
1 entries- מוכר adj (familiar, widely known)
Hindi
4 entries- प्रख्यात adj (familiar, widely known)
- प्रसिद्ध adj (familiar, widely known)
- बहुचर्चित adj (familiar, widely known)
- लोकप्रिय adj (familiar, widely known)
Hungarian
2 entries- híres adj (familiar, widely known)
- közismert adj (familiar, widely known)
Irish
3 entries- aithnidiúil adj (familiar, widely known)
- clúiteach adj (familiar, widely known)
- iomráiteach adj (familiar, widely known)
Italian
4 entries- celebre adj (familiar, widely known)
- famoso adj (familiar, widely known)
- noto adj (familiar, widely known)
- popolare adj (familiar, widely known)
Japanese
1 entries- 名高い adj (familiar, widely known)
Latin
2 entries- nōtus adj (familiar, widely known)
- perspectus adj (familiar, widely known)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gerai žinomas adj (familiar, widely known)
Macedonian
2 entries- добропознат adj (familiar, widely known)
- познат adj (familiar, widely known)
Malayalam
3 entries- അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന adj (familiar, widely known)
- പേരുകേട്ട adj (familiar, widely known)
- പ്രശസ്ത adj (familiar, widely known)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kjent adj (familiar, widely known)
- velkjent adj (familiar, widely known)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- kjend adj (familiar, widely known)
- kjent adj (familiar, widely known)
- velkjend adj (familiar, widely known)
- velkjent adj (familiar, widely known)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بللی adj (familiar, widely known)
Russian
3 entries- выдаю́щийся adj (familiar, widely known)
- знамени́тый adj (familiar, widely known)
- изве́стный adj (familiar, widely known)
Slovak
1 entries- známy adj (familiar, widely known)
Spanish
3 entries- consabido adj (familiar, widely known)
- de marras adj (familiar, widely known)
- famoso adj (familiar, widely known)
Swahili
1 entries- maalum adj (familiar, widely known)
Swedish
1 entries- välbekant adj (familiar, widely known)
Volapük
1 entries- benosevädik adj (familiar, widely known)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The man is well-known all over the village.
Source: tatoeba (46010)
The speaker was so well-known as to need no introduction.
Source: tatoeba (47948)
The following passage was quoted from a well-known fable.
Source: tatoeba (264237)
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