rumor

English

Alternative forms

• rumour (UK, Commonwealth, International)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) rumour, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) rumeur, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin rūmor (“common talk”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːmə(ɹ)/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɹumɚ/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -uːmə(r)

Noun

rumor (countable and uncountable, plural rumors)

1. (deprecated template usage) (US, 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.

2. (deprecated template usage) (US, 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

• (piece of information):
• (information): gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle-tattle

Derived terms

Terms derived from rumor (noun)

• rumor campaign

• rumor has it

Hypernyms

• information

Translations

statement or claim from no known reliable source

• Arabic: إِشَاعَة (ʔišāʕa)
• Catalan: rumor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 謠言／谣言 (yáoyán), 谣言 (zh) (yáoyán), 傳聞／传闻 (chuánwén), 传闻 (zh) (chuánwén), 傳言／传言 (zh) (chuányán), 传言 (chuányán)

• Czech: zvěst f, drby
• Dutch: gerucht (nl) n
• Esperanto: onidiro
• Finnish: huhu (fi)
• French: rumeur (fr) f, bruit (fr) m
• German: Gerücht (de) n
• Greek: φήμη (el) f (fími)
• Hindi: अफवाह (aphavāh), गप्प (gapp)
• Japanese: 噂 (ja) (うわさ, uwasa)
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• Korean: 소문 (ko) (somun)
• Latin: auditus (la)
• Latvian: bauma f
• Malay: khabar angin
• Polish: pogłoska (pl) f, plotka (pl) f
• Portuguese: rumor (pt) m
• Russian: слух (ru) m (slux), often plural in this sense: слу́хи (ru) m pl (slúxi), молва́ (ru) f (molvá)
• Scottish Gaelic: fathann m
• Slovene: govorica f
• Swedish: rykte (sv) n
• Telugu: పుకారు (te) (pukāru)
• Turkish: söylenti (tr), rivayet (tr)

uncountable: information

• Bengali: গুজব (gujob)
• Czech: drby
• Dutch: geruchten (nl) pl
• Finnish: huhu (fi), kuulopuhe (fi)
• German: Gerüchte n pl, Gerede (de) n
• Greek: φήμες f or pl (fímes), διαδόσεις (el) f or pl (diadóseis)
• Japanese: 噂 (ja) (うわさ, uwasa)
• Latvian: baumas f pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: rumor (pt) m
• Romanian: zvon (ro) n, zvonuri n pl
• Russian: слу́хи m pl (slúxi), молва́ (ru) f (molvá)
• Scottish Gaelic: fathann m
• Slovene: govorica f
• Swedish: rykte (sv) n
• Telugu: పుకారు (te) (pukāru)
• Turkish: söylenti (tr), rivayet (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 소문 (所聞), 소리 (sori)

Verb

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

1. (deprecated template usage) (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.

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Latin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *rAwə- (“to shout, to roar”)

Pronunciation

• Template:la-pronunc

Noun

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

Descendants

• Catalan: rumor
• English: rumour, rumor
• French: rumeur
• Friulian: romôr
• Italian: rumore

• Portuguese: rumor
• Sicilian: rumuri
• Spanish: rumor
• Venetian: rumor

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Portuguese

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.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:rumor#|Citations:rumor]].

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin rūmor, rūmōris.

Noun

rumor m (plural es)

1. rumor
2. murmur

Related terms

• rumorear