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Revision as of 04:53, 26 February 2024

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)

Noun

rumor (countable and uncountable, plural rumors)

  1. (American spelling, countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
    There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.
    vile rumor
    a rumor going round
    vicious rumors
    spread a rumor
  2. (American spelling, uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.
    They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from rumor (noun)

Translations

Verb

rumor (third-person singular simple present rumors, present participle rumoring, simple past and past participle rumored)

  1. (transitive, usually used in the passive voice) To tell a rumor about; to gossip.
    John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūmōrem (a borrowing per DCVB). Doublet of remor. First attested in the 14th century

Pronunciation

Noun

rumor m or (archaic, regional or poetic) f (plural rumors)

  1. rumor

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *roumōs, from Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rūmor m (genitive rūmōris); third declension

  1. rumor, hearsay, gossip
  2. rustle, murmur, a murmuring
  3. the voice of the people

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rūmor rūmōrēs
genitive rūmōris rūmōrum
dative rūmōrī rūmōribus
accusative rūmōrem rūmōrēs
ablative rūmōre rūmōribus
vocative rūmor rūmōrēs

Descendants

References

  • “rumor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rumor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rumor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rumor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • report says; people say: rumor, fama, sermo est or manat
    • a rumour is prevalent: rumor, fama viget
    • a report, an impression is gaining ground: rumor increbrescit
    • to spread a rumour: rumorem spargere
    • vague rumours reach us: dubii rumores afferuntur ad nos

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūmor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rumor m inan

  1. din, hubbub, racket, tumult, uproar
    Synonyms: wrzawa, zamieszanie

Declension

Declension of rumor
singular plural
nominative rumor rumory
genitive rumoru rumorów
dative rumorowi rumorom
accusative rumor rumory
instrumental rumorem rumorami
locative rumorze rumorach
vocative rumorze rumory

Further reading

  • rumor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rumōrem.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: ru‧mor

Noun

rumor m (plural rumores)

  1. rumour (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  2. continuous noise
    • 1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:
      No confuso rumor que se formava, destacavam-se risos, sons de vozes que altercavam, sem se saber de onde, grasnar de marrecos, cantar de galos, cacarejar de galinhas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:rumor.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rumorem.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruˈmoɾ/ [ruˈmoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ru‧mor

Noun

rumor m (plural rumores)

  1. rumor
    Synonym: fábula
  2. murmur
    Synonym: murmurio

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “rumor”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumor.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ru‧mor
  • IPA(key): /ɾuˈmoɾ/, [ɾʊˈmoɾ]

Noun

rumór (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜋᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. rumor
    Synonyms: tsismis, bali-balita, usap-usapan, bulong-bulungan
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