rumour
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English rumour, from the Latin rumor, common talk.
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- rumor (US)
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rumour (countable and uncountable; plural rumours)
- (countable) A piece of information of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
- There's a rumour going round that he's going to get married.
- (uncountable) Information of this kind.
- They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumour.
- (rare) A sound which signals a coming event
- Therefore Morgoth came, climbing slowly from his subterranean throne, and the rumour of his feet was like thunder underground. - J.R.R. Tolkien
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- (piece of information):
- (information): gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle-tattle
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[edit] Translations
countable: piece of information
uncountable: information
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[edit] Verb
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to rumour (third-person singular simple present rumours, present participle rumouring, simple past and past participle rumoured)
- (transitive) To tell a rumour about; usually used in the passive.
- John is rumoured to be next in line for a promotion.
