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rumor

English edit

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹuːmə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹumɚ/
  • Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)

Noun edit

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[1], 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.

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Terms derived from rumor (noun)

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Verb edit

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.

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Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

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

  1. rumor

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

rūmor m (genitive rūmōris); third declension

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

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

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

Descendants edit

References edit

  • “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[2], 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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin rūmor.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

rumor m inan

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

Declension edit

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 edit

  • rumor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin rumōrem.

Pronunciation edit

 
 

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

Noun edit

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 edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:rumor.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin rumorem.[1]

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

rumor m (plural rumores)

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

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References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish rumor.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

rumór (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜋᜓᜇ᜔)

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