EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹuːmə(ɹ)/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹumɚ/
  • Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)

NounEdit

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.
  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.

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TranslationsEdit

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VerbEdit

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.

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin rumor, rumorem.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

rumor m (plural rumors)

  1. rumor

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

rūmor m (genitive rūmōris); third declension

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

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rūmor rūmōrēs
Genitive rūmōris rūmōrum
Dative rūmōrī rūmōribus
Accusative rūmōrem rūmōrēs
Ablative rūmōre rūmōribus
Vocative rūmor rūmōrēs

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin rūmor.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.mɔr/
  • Rhymes: -umɔr
  • Syllabification: ru‧mor

NounEdit

rumor m inan

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

DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

  • rumor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rumor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin rumōrem.

PronunciationEdit

 

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

NounEdit

rumor m (plural rumores)

  1. rumour (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  2. continuous noise
    • 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.
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QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:rumor.

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin rumor, rumorem[1].

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

rumor m (plural rumores)

  1. rumor
  2. murmur

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ReferencesEdit

TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish rumor.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

rumór

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