Other forms: celebrities
A celebrity is a person famous enough to be recognized on the street. A minor celebrity, celebrity culture, celebrity endorsement.
The word once meant fame itself rather than a person who has it, and that older sense survives in phrases like the celebrity of the occasion. Being famous for being famous is a modern possibility and a much-discussed one. Note that the Latin means much visited, from celeber.
1nouncelebrityA person famous enough to be recognised on the street.
“The restaurant is popular with celebrities, so photographers often wait outside.”
celebrity is a famous person.
Also accepted in games: star
Latin celebritas comes from celeber, much visited or renowned. Celebrate comes from the same crowding.
Latin
celēbritās
Old French
celebrite
Middle English
celebritē
English, today
celebrity
From Middle English celebritē, from Old French celebrite (compare French célébrité), from Latin celēbritās.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA