how to pronounce famous

/ˈfɛɪməs/

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famous is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of famous in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… one of the most famous is oh I should …”

meaning of famous

Famous means well-known or widely known.

famous frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word famous occurs in english on average 65.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics famous can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that famous can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;