Similar words
famoso
célebre is more formal or literary; famoso is the everyday word — both mean "famous."
Similar in other languages
German
berühmt
berühmt is the German word for the same thing — both mean "famous."
Spanish
célebre
célebre is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "famous."
Spanish
famoso
famoso is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "famous."
Practice
1 What does célebre mean?
famous
2 Fill the gap: É um escritor ___.
Full sentence: É um escritor célebre. (He's a famous writer.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches célebre?
célebre: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.