gossip

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒsɪp/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈɡɑsɪp/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈɡɑsəp/
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈɡɒsɪp/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˈɡɔsɪp/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈɡɔ̟səp]
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• CMU ARPABET: G AA1 S AH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English godsybbe, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparent”), from Old English godsibb (“godparent, sponsor”), equivalent to god + sib. Doublet of godsib. For sense evolution to "gossip, discussing others' personal affairs," compare French commérage.

423 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skinderbek — person
• Afrikaans: skinderaar — person
• Albanian: thashethemexhi — person
• Albanian: çuçurjar — person
• Arabic: نَمَّام (nammām) — person
• Arabic: نَمَّامة (nammāma) — person
• Arabic: هدار (haddār) — person
• Arabic: هدارة (haddāra) — person
• Arabic: نمام (nammām) — person
• Arabic: نمامة (nammāma) — person
• Azerbaijani: qeybətçi — person
• Azerbaijani: xəbərçi — person
• Bashkir: ғәйбәтсе (ğəybətse) — person
• Bashkir: ғәйбәт тоҡсайы (ğəybət toqsayı) — person
• Belarusian: плятка́р (pljatkár) — person
• Belarusian: плятка́рка (pljatkárka) — person
• Bulgarian: клюка́р (kljukár) — person
• Bulgarian: клюка́рка (kljukárka) — person
• Catalan: tafaner — person
• Catalan: tafanera — person
• Catalan: xafarder — person
• Catalan: xafardera — person
• Catalan: bugader — person
• Catalan: bugadera — person
• Chinese Cantonese: 八公 (baat3 gung1) — person
• Chinese Cantonese: 八婆 (baat3 po4) — person
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛說閒話的人 /爱说闲话的人 (ài shuō xiánhuà de rén) — person
• Chinese Mandarin: 八卦的人 (bāguà de rén) — person
• Czech: drbna — person
• Czech: klepna — person
• Czech: klevetník — person
• Czech: klevetnice — person
• Danish: sladrehank — person
• Dutch: roddelaar — person
• Dutch: roddelaarster — person
• Esperanto: klaĉulo — person
• Esperanto: klaĉisto — person
• Esperanto: klaĉanto — person
• Finnish: juoruilija — person
• Finnish: juorukello — person
• French: commère — person
• Galician: rexoubeiro — person
• Galician: murmurador — person
• German: Tratsche — person
• German: Tratschtante — person
• German: Klatschtante — person
• German: Tratschweib — person
• German: Klatschweib — person
• Greek: κουτσομπόλης (koutsompólis) — person
• Greek: κουτσομπόλα (koutsompóla) — person
• Hebrew: רכלן (rakhlán) — person
• Hungarian: pletykás — person
• Hungarian: pletykafészek — person
• Italian: pettegolo — person
• Italian: pettegola — person
• Italian: chiacchierone — person
• Italian: chiacchierona — person
• Italian: comare — person
• Italian: linguacciuto — person
• Italian: ciarlatano — person
• Ladino: mesherikero — person
• Ladino: mesherikera — person
• Lao: ຄົນນິນທາ (khon nin thā) — person
• Lao: ຄົນມັກນິນທາ (khon mak nin thā) — person
• Latin: lingulāca — person
• Macedonian: озбо́рувач (ozbóruvač) — person
• Macedonian: озбору́вачка (ozborúvačka) — person
• Macedonian: тра́чар (tráčar) — person
• Macedonian: тра́чарка (tráčarka) — person
• Norman: conméthe — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: ryktemaker — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: ryktesmed — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: skvaldrebøtte — person
• Persian: سخنچین (soxan-čin) — person
• Polish: plotkarz — person
• Polish: plotkarka — person
• Portuguese: bisbilhoteiro — person
• Portuguese: coscuvilheiro — person
• Portuguese: mexeriqueiro — person
• Portuguese: fofoqueiro — person
• Portuguese: fuxiqueiro — person
• Portuguese: futriquento — person
• Portuguese: futriqueiro — person
• Romanian: palavragiu — person
• Romanian: palavragioaică — person
• Russian: спле́тник (splétnik) — person
• Russian: спле́тница (splétnica) — person
• Russian: болту́н (boltún) — person
• Russian: болту́нья (boltúnʹja) — person
• Scots: auld wife — person
• Scottish Gaelic: beadag — person
• Scottish Gaelic: cabag — person
• Scottish Gaelic: cabaire — person
• Scottish Gaelic: cabairneach — person
• Scottish Gaelic: clabaire — person
• Scottish Gaelic: fodhal — person
• Scottish Gaelic: goistidh — person
• Scottish Gaelic: gobag — person
• Scottish Gaelic: preigeadair — person
• Sicilian: cuttigghiaru — person
• Sicilian: cuttigghiara — person
• Slovak: klebetník — person
• Slovak: klebetníca — person
• Spanish: chismoso — person
• Spanish: chismosa — person
• Spanish: copuchento — person
• Spanish: argüendero — person
• Spanish: argüendera — person
• Spanish: alcahuete — person
• Spanish: cotilla — person
• Spanish: correveidile — person
• Spanish: gacetilla — person
• Spanish: llevaitrae — person
• Swahili: mdakizi — person
• Swahili: mdaku — person
• Swedish: skvallerbytta — person
• Swedish: skvallerkäring — person
• Swedish: sladderkärring — person
• Swedish: sladdertacka — person
• Swedish: skvallerkvarn — person
• Swedish: skvallermoster — person
• Swedish: skvallerranta — person
• Swedish: skvallertaska — person
• Swedish: skvallertant — person
• Swedish: tjallare — person
• Tagalog: tsismoso — person
• Tagalog: tsismosa — person
• Tibetan: ཁ་བདར་གློད་མཁན (kha bdar glod mkhan) — person
• Turkish: dedikoducu — person
• Ukrainian: плітка́р (plitkár) — person
• Ukrainian: плітка́рка (plitkárka) — person
• Ukrainian: плету́н (pletún) — person
• Ukrainian: плету́нка (pletúnka) — person
• Ukrainian: базі́кало (bazíkalo) — person
• Welsh: clebryn — person
• Yoruba: gbéborùn — person
• Yoruba: olófòófó — person
• Afrikaans: skinder — idle talk
• Afrikaans: fietna (Kaaps-Maleis) — idle talk
• Albanian: thashetheme — idle talk
• Albanian: çuçurimë — idle talk
• Arabic: نَمِيمَة (namīma) — idle talk
• Arabic: إِشَاعَة (ʔišāʕa) — idle talk
• Arabic: غِيبَة (ḡība) — idle talk
• Arabic: هدور (hdūr) — idle talk
• Arabic: نم (namm) — idle talk
• Armenian: բամբասանք (bambasankʻ) — idle talk
• Azerbaijani: qeybət — idle talk
• Azerbaijani: dalınca danışma — idle talk
• Bashkir: ғәйбәт (ğəybət) — idle talk
• Belarusian: плётка (pljótka) — idle talk
• Bulgarian: клю́ка (kljúka) — idle talk
• Bulgarian: сплетня́ (spletnjá) — idle talk
• Burmese: အတင်း (a.tang:) — idle talk
• Burmese: ဈေးစကား (jhe:ca.ka:) — idle talk
• Burmese: သူပြောငါပြော (su-prau:nga-prau:) — idle talk
• Catalan: xafarderia — idle talk
• Chechen: эладит (eladit) — idle talk
• Cherokee: ᎦᏬᏂᏓ (gawonida) — idle talk
• Chichewa: mabodza — idle talk
• Chinese Cantonese: 閒話 /闲话 — idle talk
• Hakka Chinese: 閒話 /闲话 (hàn-fa) — idle talk
• Chinese: 閒仔話 /闲仔话 (zh-min-nan) — idle talk
• Chinese Mandarin: 閒話 /闲话 (xiánhuá) — idle talk
• Chinese Mandarin: 山海經 /山海经 (shānhǎijīng) — idle talk
• Chinese Mandarin: 寒暄 (hánxuān) — idle talk
• Czech: drb — idle talk
• Czech: drby — idle talk
• Czech: klepy — idle talk
• Danish: sladder — idle talk
• Dutch: kletspraatje — idle talk
• Dutch: roddel — idle talk
• Dutch: geroddel — idle talk
• Dutch: achterklap — idle talk
• Dzongkha: ངག་ཀྱལ (ngag kyal) — idle talk
• Esperanto: klaĉo — idle talk
• Esperanto: not always negative) — idle talk
• Estonian: kuulujutt — idle talk
• Estonian: klatš — idle talk
• Faroese: slatur — idle talk
• Finnish: juoru — idle talk
• French: commérage — idle talk
• French: ragot — idle talk
• French: cancan — idle talk
• French: qu'en-dira-t-on — idle talk
• Galician: leria — idle talk
• Galician: conto — idle talk
• Galician: rexouba — idle talk
• Georgian: ჭორი (č̣ori) — idle talk
• German: Klatsch — idle talk
• German: Tratsch — idle talk
• Greek: κουτσομπολιό (koutsompolió) — idle talk
• Hebrew: רְכִילוּת (rekhilút) — idle talk
• Hindi: गप-शप (gap-śap) — idle talk
• Hindi: अफ़वाह (afvāh) — idle talk
• Hungarian: pletyka — idle talk
• Icelandic: slúður — idle talk
• Indonesian: gosip — idle talk
• Irish: scéalaíocht — idle talk
• Italian: pettegolezzo — idle talk
• Italian: chiacchiera — idle talk
• Italian: diceria — idle talk
• Italian: ciarla — idle talk
• Japanese: 噂 (uwasa) — idle talk
• Japanese: 世間話 (seken banashi) — idle talk
• Kazakh: өсек (ösek) — idle talk
• Kazakh: ғайбат (ğaibat) — idle talk
• Khmer: ចចាមអារ៉ាម (cɑɑcɑcaam ʼaaraam) — idle talk
• Korean: 험담 (heomdam) — idle talk
• Korean: 입방아 (ipbang'a) — idle talk
• Kyrgyz: ушак (uşak) — idle talk
• Lao: ເປສຸໄນ (pē su nai) — idle talk
• Lao: ປາກບອນ (pāk bǭn) — idle talk
• Lao: ປາກຕລາດ (pāk ta lāt) — idle talk
• Latin: rūmusculī — idle talk
• Latvian: tenka — idle talk
• Lithuanian: paskala — idle talk
• Luxembourgish: Klaatsch — idle talk
• Macedonian: озбору́вање (ozborúvanje) — idle talk
• Macedonian: трач (trač) — idle talk
• Malay: gosip — idle talk
• Māori: tarawau — idle talk
• Māori: pōtinitini — idle talk
• Māori: pakitara — idle talk
• Māori: tūtara — idle talk
• Mongolian: хов жив (xov živ) — idle talk
• Mongolian: хов (xov) — idle talk
• Navajo: aseezį́ — idle talk
• Norwegian Bokmål: sladder — idle talk
• Persian: سخنچینی (soxan-čini) — idle talk
• Persian: غیبت (ġeybet) — idle talk
• Plautdietsch: Pludra — idle talk
• Polish: plotka — idle talk
• Portuguese: bisbilhotice — idle talk
• Portuguese: cusquice — idle talk
• Portuguese: mexerico — idle talk
• Portuguese: fofoca — idle talk
• Romanian: bârfă — idle talk
• Russian: спле́тня (splétnja) — idle talk
• Russian: спле́тни (splétni) — idle talk
• Russian: слу́хи (slúxi) — idle talk
• Russian: болтовня́ (boltovnjá) — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: clabhs — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: feothal — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: gabhann (Perthshire) — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: geop — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: geotal — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: giusgal — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: glagaireachd (Killin) — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: goileam — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: nuadal — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: preig — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: sguan (Strathglass) — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: sgudal (Scalpay) — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: suainsean (Strathglass) — idle talk
• Scottish Gaelic: togalaichean — idle talk
• Serbo-Croatian: оговарање — idle talk
• Serbo-Croatian: тра̏ч — idle talk
• Serbo-Croatian: ogovaranje — idle talk
• Serbo-Croatian: trȁč — idle talk
• Sicilian: cuttigghiu — idle talk
• Slovak: reči — idle talk
• Slovak: klebety — idle talk
• Slovene: opravljanje — idle talk
• Slovene: obrekovanje — idle talk
• Spanish: chisme — idle talk
• Spanish: bochinche — idle talk
• Spanish: brete — idle talk
• Spanish: cahuín — idle talk
• Spanish: chambre — idle talk
• Spanish: chimento — idle talk
• Spanish: chirmol — idle talk
• Spanish: cocoa — idle talk
• Spanish: copucha — idle talk
• Spanish: cotilleo — idle talk
• Spanish: cuecho — idle talk
• Spanish: mitote — idle talk
• Spanish: argüende — idle talk
• Spanish: vinazo — idle talk
• Spanish: habladurías — idle talk
• Spanish: hablillas — idle talk
• Spanish: marujeo — idle talk
• Spanish: salseo — idle talk
• Spanish: chismorreo — idle talk
• Swahili: tetesi — idle talk
• Swahili: udaku — idle talk
• Swedish: skvaller — idle talk
• Swedish: sladder — idle talk
• Tagalog: sitsit — idle talk
• Tagalog: tsika — idle talk
• Tagalog: tsismis — idle talk
• Tajik: ғайбат (ġaybat) — idle talk
• Tatar: гайбәт (ğäybät) — idle talk
• Telugu: గాలి కబుర్లు (gāli kaburlu) — idle talk
• Thai: คํานินทา — idle talk
• Thai: ขี้ปาก — idle talk
• Thai: การซุบซิบ — idle talk
• Thai: ข่าวลือ (kàao-lʉʉ) — idle talk
• Thai: การนินทา — idle talk
• Tibetan: འཆལ་གཏམ ('chal gtam) — idle talk
• Tibetan: ཁ་བཤད (kha bshad) — idle talk
• Tibetan: ལབ་ལོབ — idle talk
• Tocharian B: käskor — idle talk
• Turkish: dedikodu — idle talk
• Turkish: gıybet — idle talk
• Ukrainian: плі́тка (plítka) — idle talk
• Ukrainian: сплі́тка (splítka) — idle talk
• Ukrainian: погові́р (pohovír) — idle talk
• Urdu: گپ شپ (gap śap) — idle talk
• Uyghur: غەيۋەت (gheywet) — idle talk
• Uzbek: gʻiybat — idle talk
• Welsh: straeon — idle talk
• Welsh: clecs — idle talk
• Yiddish: שלח־מנות — idle talk
• Yiddish: שמועה (shmue) — idle talk
• Yoruba: òfófó — idle talk
• Yoruba: ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀yìn — idle talk
• Afrikaans: skinder — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Afrikaans: fietna (Kaaps-Maleis) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Arabic: اِغْتَابَ (iḡtāba) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Arabic: حش (ḥašš) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Armenian: բամբասել (bambasel) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Azerbaijani: qeybət etmək — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Azerbaijani: dalınca danışmaq — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Belarusian: плятка́рыць (pljatkárycʹ) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Bulgarian: клюка́рствам (kljukárstvam) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Catalan: xafardejar — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Chechen: эладитанаш дийца (eladitanaš diı̇ca) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Chinese Mandarin: 說閒話 /说闲话 (shuō xiánhuà) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Chinese Mandarin: 八卦 (bāguà) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Czech: drbat — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Czech: klevetit — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Danish: sladre — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Danish: bagtale — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Danish: snage — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Dutch: roddelen — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Esperanto: klaĉi — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Finnish: juoruta — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• French: commérer — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Galician: leriar — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Galician: laretar — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Galician: rexoubar — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Galician: murmurar — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• German: tratschen — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• German: klatschen — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• German: lästern — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Greek: κουτσομπολεύω (koutsompolévo) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Hebrew: רִכֵל (rikhél) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Hungarian: pletykál — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Italian: spettegolare — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Italian: chiacchierare — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Kabuverdianu: rue — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Kabuverdianu: linguara — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Khmer: ចចេចចចូច (cɑɑcɑcəc cɑɑcɑcouc) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Ladino: mesherikear — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Lao: ນິນທາ (nin thā) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Malay: bawang — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Māori: pakitara — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Maranao: bantabantaan — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Norwegian Bokmål: sladre — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Norwegian Bokmål: slarve — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Polish: plotkować — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Polish: poplotkować — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Portuguese: fofocar — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Portuguese: mexericar — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Russian: спле́тничать (splétničatʹ) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Serbo-Croatian: тра̏чати — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Serbo-Croatian: огова́рати (to badmouth) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Serbo-Croatian: trȁčati — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Serbo-Croatian: ogovárati (to badmouth) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Sicilian: cuttigghiari — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Slovak: klebetiť — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Spanish: chismear — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Spanish: cotillear — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Spanish: chismorrear — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Spanish: marujear — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Tagalog: magtsismis — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Thai: ซุบซิบ (súp-síp) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Thai: นินทา (nin-taa) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Tibetan: ཁ་བདར་གློད (kha bdar glod) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Turkish: dedikodu yapmak — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Ukrainian: пліткува́ти (plitkuváty) — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Yoruba: ṣòfófó — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Yoruba: gbéborùn — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• ǃXóõ: ʘgāle — to talk about someone else's private or personal business
• Afrikaans: klets — to talk idly
• Catalan: clacar — to talk idly
• Catalan: garlar — to talk idly
• Chechen: эладитанаш дийца (eladitanaš diı̇ca) — to talk idly
• Chinese Mandarin: 說閒聊 /说闲聊 (shuō xiánliáo) — to talk idly
• Czech: klábosit — to talk idly
• Czech: drbat — to talk idly
• Danish: småsnakke — to talk idly
• Dutch: babbelen — to talk idly
• Dutch: zeveren — to talk idly
• Dutch: kletsen — to talk idly
• Dutch: zwetsen — to talk idly
• Finnish: jutella — to talk idly
• Finnish: juoruilla — to talk idly
• French: bavarder — to talk idly
• Galician: leriar — to talk idly
• Galician: laretar — to talk idly
• German: klatschen — to talk idly
• German: schwatzen — to talk idly
• Italian: chiacchierare — to talk idly
• Kabuverdianu: linguara — to talk idly
• Korean: 입방아를 찧다 (ipbang'areul jjita) — to talk idly
• Māori: pakitara — to talk idly
• Māori: ngutungutu — to talk idly
• Māori: tūtara — to talk idly
• Māori: kauhimu — to talk idly
• Māori: pahupahu — to talk idly
• Māori: kapekapetau — to talk idly
• Polish: plotkować — to talk idly
• Polish: poplotkować — to talk idly
• Portuguese: papear — to talk idly
• Portuguese: bater papo — to talk idly
• Serbo-Croatian: brbljati — to talk idly
• Sicilian: cuttigghiari — to talk idly
• Tagalog: magtsikahan — to talk idly
• Thai: นินทา (nin-taa) — to talk idly
• Thai: ว่าร้าย — to talk idly
• Turkish: çene çalmak — to talk idly