word of mouth

English

Alternative forms

• word-of-mouth

Noun

word of mouth (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) Verbal means of passing of information.

   The book didn't need any publicity spots, it was a bestseller solely by word of mouth.

Coordinate terms

• word of finger

Translations

verbal means of passing of information

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口口相傳 (cmn), 口口相传 (cmn) (kǒukǒuxiāngchuán)

• Dutch: mond-tot-mond (nl)
• Esperanto: perbuŝo (eo)
• Finnish: kuulopuhe (fi)
• French: bouche à oreille (fr) m
• German: Mundpropaganda (de) f

• Greek: από στόμα σε στόμα (el) (apó stóma se stóma)
• Icelandic: munnlega (is), í munnmælum (is), á skotspónum (is)
• Italian: passaparola (it) m
• Polish: poczta pantoflowa (pl) f
• Russian: сарафанное радио (ru) (sarafánnoje rádio) n
• Spanish: boca a boca
• Turkish: dedikodu gazetesi (tr)

See also

• Word of mouth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia