rumor

English

Alternative forms

• rumour (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːmə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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

Noun

rumor (countable and uncountable, plural rumors) (American spelling)

1. (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. (uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.

   They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.

3. (uncountable, archaic) Report, news, information in general.
   • 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods‎, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 3:

     It stands a city aloof. There hath been no rumour of it—I alone have dreamed of it, and I may not be sure that my dreams are true.

4. (uncountable, obsolete) Fame, reputation.
5. (uncountable, obsolete) Clamor, din, outcry.

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

• information

Derived terms

Terms derived from rumor (noun)

• all rumors are true
• playground rumor
• rumor campaign
• rumor has it
• rumor mill
• rumormonger

Translations

statement or claim from no known reliable source

Albanian: thashetheme (sq) f Amharic: ጭምጭምታ (č̣əmč̣əmta) Arabic: إِشَاعَة f (ʔišāʕa), شَائِعَة f (šāʔiʕa) Armenian: ասեկոսե (hy) (asekose), բամբասանք (hy) (bambasankʻ), ձայն (hy) (jayn) (dialectal) Assamese: উৰাবাতৰি (urabatori) Azerbaijani: dedi-qodu (az), şayiə, rəvayət (az), xəbər (az) Basque: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: плётка f (pljótka), гаво́рка f (havórka), звон m (zvon), гамана́ f (hamaná), гамо́нка f (hamónka), чу́тка f (čútka), чу́ткі f pl (čútki), по́галаска f (póhalaska), слых m (slyx) Bengali: কিংবদন্তি (bn) (kiṅbodonti) Bulgarian: мълва́ (bg) f (mǎlvá), слух (bg) m (sluh) Burmese: ကောလာဟလ (my) (kau:laha.la.) Catalan: rumor (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 傳聞 / 传闻 (cyun4 man4), 傳言 / 传言 (cyun4 jin4) Mandarin: 傳聞 / 传闻 (zh) (chuánwén), 傳言 / 传言 (zh) (chuányán) Chinese Pidgin English: bunder Czech: zvěst f, drby (cs) m pl, fáma (cs) f Danish: rygte n, forlydende n Dutch: gerucht (nl) n Esperanto: onidiro Estonian: faama Finnish: huhu (fi) French: rumeur (fr) f, bruit (fr) m Galician: rumor m Georgian: ჭორი (č̣ori), ხმა (ka) (xma), ხმები (ka) pl (xmebi) German: Gerücht (de) n Greek: φήμη (el) f (fími) Ancient: θροῦς m (throûs), φάτις f (phátis) Hebrew: שְׁמוּעָה (he) f (shmu'á) Hindi: अफ़वाह f (afvāh), अफवाह (hi) f (aphvāh), अफवा (hi) f (aphvā), गप्प (hi) f (gapp), प्रवाद (hi) m (pravād), जनश्रुति (hi) f (janaśruti) Hungarian: híresztelés (hu), szóbeszéd (hu), pletyka (hu) Indonesian: kabar burung (id), isu (id), kabar angin (id), desas-desus, rumor (id) Italian: voce (it) f, voci di corridoio f pl Japanese: 噂 (ja) (うわさ, uwasa), 伝聞 (ja) (でんぶん, denbun) Kazakh: сыбыс (sybys), қауесет (qaueset), өсек (ösek), дақпырт (daqpyrt), хабар (xabar), дерек (derek) Khmer: ពាក្យចចាមអារ៉ាម (piək cɑcaam ʼaaraam), ចចាមអារ៉ាម (km) (cɑcaam ʼaaraam), ជនវាទ (cŭən viət) Korean: 소문(所聞) (ko) (somun), 풍문(風聞) (pungmun) Kyrgyz: кабар (ky) (kabar), дарек (ky) (darek), ушак (ky) (uşak) Lao: ຂ່າວລື (khāo lư̄), ຄວາມລື (khuām lư̄), ໂຄມລອຽ (khōm lǭi) Latin: rūmor m, auditus (la) Latvian: bauma f Lithuanian: gandas m Macedonian: гласина f (glasina), слух m (sluh) Malay: khabar angin Maltese: xniegħa f Maori: waha kau, wawara, kohimu, tūtara Marathi: अफवा f (aphvā) Mongolian: Cyrillic: цуу (mn) (cuu), цуурхал (mn) (cuurxal), цуу үг (cuu üg) Norwegian: Bokmål: rykte (no) n Nynorsk: rykte n Ottoman Turkish: تواتر (tevâtür) Pashto: اوازه (ps) f (awāza), افواه (ps) f (afwā), شايعه (ps) f (šāye'a) Persian: Dari: شَایِعَه (šāyi'a), آوَازَه (āwāza), اَفْوَاه (afwāh) Iranian Persian: شایِعِه (šâye'e), آوازِه (âvâze), اَفْواه (afvâh) Polish: pogłoska (pl) f, plotka (pl) f Portuguese: rumor (pt) m, boato (pt) m Romanian: zvon (ro) n, bârfă (ro) f, rumoare (ro) f (rare) Russian: молва́ (ru) f (molvá), слух (ru) m (slux), слу́хи (ru) m pl (slúxi) (often plural), то́лки (ru) pl (tólki) Scottish Gaelic: fathann m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гла̀сина f Roman: glàsina (sh) f Slovak: reči pl, fáma (sk) f, povesť f Slovene: govorica f, opravljanje n Spanish: rumor (es) m, voz (es) f Swedish: rykte (sv) n Tagalog: sabi-sabi, tsismis (tl), usap-usapan Tajik: овоза (ovoza), шоеа (šoyea), афвоҳ (afvoh) Tamil: வதந்தி (ta) (vatanti), புரளி (ta) (puraḷi), கிசுகிசு (ta) (kicukicu) Tatar: имеш-мимеш (tt) (imeş-mimeş) Telugu: పుకారు (te) (pukāru) Thai: ข่าวลือ (th) (kàao-lʉʉ) Tibetan: དཀྲོག་གཏམ (dkrog gtam) Turkish: söylenti (tr), rivayet (tr), şayia (tr) Turkmen: rovaaýat Ukrainian: чу́тка f (čútka), чутки́ f pl (čutký), слух m (slux), плі́тка f (plítka), поголо́ска f (poholóska), по́голос m (póholos), погові́р m (pohovír), го́вір m (hóvir), чу́йка f (čújka) Urdu: اَفْواہ f (afvāh), آوازَہ (ur) m (āvāza) Uyghur: مىش-مىش پاراڭ (mish-mish parang), خەۋەر (xewer) Uzbek: ovoza (uz), mish-mish gap, xabar (uz), darak (uz) Vietnamese: tin đồn (vi), lời đồn (vi) Yao: liwewe class 5 Yiddish: פּליאָטקע f (plyotke), פּאָטש f (potsh), שמועה f (shmue), שלח־מנות m or n (sh(a)lakh-mones)

uncountable: information

Bengali: গুজব (bn) (gujob) Czech: drby (cs) m pl Dutch: geruchten (nl) pl Finnish: huhu (fi), kuulopuhe (fi) German: Gerüchte (de) n pl, Gerede (de) n Greek: φήμες (el) f or pl (fímes), διαδόσεις (el) f or pl (diadóseis) Japanese: 噂 (ja) (うわさ, uwasa) Latvian: baumas f pl Portuguese: rumor (pt) m, boato (pt) m Romanian: zvon (ro) n Russian: слу́хи (ru) m pl (slúxi), молва́ (ru) f (molvá) Scottish Gaelic: fathann m Slovene: govorica f Spanish: rumorología, habladurías (es) Swedish: rykte (sv) n Tamil: புரளி (ta) (puraḷi) Telugu: పుకారు (te) (pukāru) Tibetan: དཀྲོག་གཏམ (dkrog gtam) Turkish: söylenti (tr), rivayet (tr)

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.

Translations

Translations

Spanish: rumorear (es) Tamil: கிசுகிசு (ta) (kicukicu)

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˈmor]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ruˈmo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ruˈmoɾ]

Noun

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

1. rumor

Related terms

• remor
• rumorejar

Further reading

• “rumor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

rumor

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Etymology

Borrowed from English rumor, from Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrumor/ [ˈru.mɔr]
• Rhymes: -umor
• Syllabification: ru‧mor

Noun

rumor (plural rumor-rumor)

1. rumor, rumour

   Synonyms: desas-desus, isu, kabar angin, kabar burung

2. gossip

   Synonyms: gosip, gunjingan

Further reading

• “rumor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016