fama
評判、名声
解説 Definition
ラテン語で「評判」や「名声」を意味する言葉。噂や社会的な風評のこと。
Fama is the Latin word for what people say about someone: rumor, public report, reputation, or fame. In English-language historical or scholarly contexts, it may be retained to describe a person’s socially recognized standing or reputation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
fama はラテン語で「人々が語ること」から「噂・評判・名声」を表す語。英語の fame「名声」、famous「有名な」と同根なので結び付けやすい。good fama、a person's fama のように社会から受ける評価を指し、現代英語の日常語では通常 reputation や fame を使う。
Link fama with the familiar English words fame and famous. All center on what is said or known publicly about a person. In a medieval or historical discussion, good fama means a good reputation that can create opportunities, while damaged fama means lost social standing. The key idea is public talk becoming collective judgment. Because fama is Latin rather than an ordinary modern English word, reputation or fame will normally be more natural in everyday English.
例文
In medieval times, fama, or reputation, was extremely important to nobility.
中世では、評判（fama）は貴族にとって非常に重要でした。
The scholar's good fama opened doors for new opportunities.
その学者の良い評判は新しい機会への扉を開きました。
One mistake could destroy a person's fama in that society.
一つの間違いがその社会で人の評判を破壊することができました。
fama の類義語・関連語
fama の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 fama（「噂、評判、名声」）に由来し、fari（「話す」）が語根。英語の fame（名声）や famous（有名な）と同根。イタリア系の姓としても使われ、「評判のある者」を意味する。関連語: fame, infamous。
Latin fama meant “report,” “rumor,” “reputation,” or “fame.” It is related to the Latin verb fari, “to speak,” reflecting the idea that reputation arises from what people say. English fame was borrowed through French from this Latin noun, and famous belongs to the same family. Infamous also shares the historical base but developed the strongly negative meaning “notorious” or “having a very bad reputation.”
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