gossiper

English

Etymology

From gossip +‎ -er.

Noun

gossiper (plural gossipers)

1. A person who gossips.

   Synonyms: gossipmonger; see also Thesaurus:gossiper

   • 2017, Fareed Hameed Al-Hindawi, Musaab Al-Khazaali, Linguistic Analysis of Literary Data, page 180:

     The gossiper, Emma wishes to control her receiver's of gossip (Harriet) opinion about Emma's marriage through setting Miss Bates, the gossipee, as a bad example to be followed in pursuing a dream of marriage.

Translations

one who gossips — see also gossip

• Catalan: xafarder (ca) m, xafardera (ca) f
• Danish: sladrehank c
• Dutch: roddelaar (nl) m, roddelaarster (nl) f
• Esperanto: klaĉisto, klaĉulo, klaĉanto
• Finnish: juoruilija (fi)
• Galician: rexoubeiro (gl) m, murmurador (gl) m
• German: Waschweib (de) n
• Greek: κουτσομπόλης (el) m (koutsompólis), κουτσομπόλα (el) f (koutsompóla)

  Ancient Greek: σπερμολόγος (spermológos)

• Kazakh: сумақай (sumaqai)
• Māori: nguturepe
• Polish: bajczarz m, bajczarka f, plotkarz (pl) m, plotkarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: fofoqueiro (pt) m, mexeriqueiro (pt) m
• Swahili: mdakizi
• Tagalog: tsismoso m, tsismosa f
• Turkish: dedikoducu (tr)

Anagrams

• serpigos