rumor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːmə/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɹʉwmə/
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• General-American: /ˈɹumɚ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɹʉːmə/
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• Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Wales: /ˈɾɪʊmə/
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• Scotland: /ˈɾʉməɾ/
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• Northern-Ireland: /ˈɻʉməɻ/
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• rhymes with -uːmə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: R UW1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h3rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

210 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: thashetheme — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Amharic: ጭምጭምታ (č̣əmč̣əmta) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Arabic: إِشَاعَة (ʔišāʕa) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Arabic: شَائِعَة (šāʔiʕa) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Armenian: ասեկոսե (asekose) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Armenian: բամբասանք (bambasankʻ) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Armenian: ձայն (jayn) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Assamese: উৰাবাতৰি (urabatori) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Azerbaijani: dedi-qodu — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Azerbaijani: şayiə — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Azerbaijani: rəvayət — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Azerbaijani: xəbər — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Belarusian: плётка (pljótka) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Belarusian: гаво́рка (havórka) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Belarusian: звон (zvon) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Belarusian: гамана́ (hamaná) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Belarusian: гамо́нка (hamónka) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Belarusian: чу́тка (čútka) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Belarusian: чу́ткі (čútki) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Belarusian: по́галаска (póhalaska) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Belarusian: слых (slyx) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Bengali: কিংবদন্তি (kiṅbodonti) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Bulgarian: мълва́ (mǎlvá) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Bulgarian: слух (sluh) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Burmese: ကောလာဟလ (kau:laha.la.) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Catalan: rumor — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Chinese Cantonese: 傳聞 /传闻 (cyun4 man4) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Chinese Cantonese: 傳言 /传言 (cyun4 jin4) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳聞 /传闻 (chuánwén) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳言 /传言 (chuányán) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Chinese Pidgin English: bunder — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Czech: zvěst — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Czech: drby — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Czech: fáma — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Danish: rygte — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Danish: forlydende — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Dutch: gerucht — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Esperanto: onidiro — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Estonian: faama — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Finnish: huhu — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• French: rumeur — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• French: bruit — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Galician: rumor — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Georgian: ჭორი (č̣ori) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Georgian: ხმა (xma) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Georgian: ხმები (xmebi) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• German: Gerücht — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Greek: φήμη (fími) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ancient Greek: θροῦς (throûs) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ancient Greek: φάτις (phátis) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Hebrew: שְׁמוּעָה (shmu'á) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Hindi: अफ़वाह (afvāh) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Hindi: अफवाह (aphvāh) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Hindi: अफवा (aphvā) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Hindi: गप्प (gapp) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Hindi: प्रवाद (pravād) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Hindi: जनश्रुति (janaśruti) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Hungarian: híresztelés — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Hungarian: szóbeszéd — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Hungarian: pletyka — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Indonesian: kabar burung — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Indonesian: isu — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Indonesian: kabar angin — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Indonesian: desas-desus — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Indonesian: rumor — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Irish: ráfla — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Italian: voce — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Italian: voci di corridoio — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Japanese: 噂 (uwasa) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Japanese: 伝聞 (denbun) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Kazakh: сыбыс (sybys) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Kazakh: қауесет (qaueset) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Kazakh: өсек (ösek) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Kazakh: дақпырт (daqpyrt) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Kazakh: хабар (xabar) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Kazakh: дерек (derek) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Khmer: ពាក្យចចាមអារ៉ាម (piək cɑɑcɑcaam ʼaaraam) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Khmer: ចចាមអារ៉ាម (cɑɑcɑcaam ʼaaraam) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Khmer: ជនវាទ (cŭən viət) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Korean: 소문 (somun) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Korean: 풍문 (pungmun) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Kyrgyz: кабар (kabar) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Kyrgyz: дарек (darek) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Kyrgyz: ушак (uşak) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Lao: ຂ່າວລື (khāo lư̄) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Lao: ຄວາມລື (khuām lư̄) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Lao: ໂຄມລອຽ (khōm lǭi) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Latin: rūmor — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Latin: auditus — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Latvian: bauma — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Lithuanian: gandas — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Macedonian: гласина (glasina) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Macedonian: слух (sluh) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Malay: khabar angin — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Maltese: xniegħa — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Māori: waha kau — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Māori: wawara — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Māori: kohimu — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Māori: tūtara — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Marathi: अफवा (aphvā) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Mongolian: цуу (cuu) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Mongolian: цуурхал (cuurxal) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Mongolian: цуу үг (cuu üg) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Norwegian Bokmål: rykte — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rykte — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Pashto: اوازه (awāza) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Pashto: افواه (afwā) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Pashto: شايعه (šāye'a) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Dari: شَایِعَه (šāyi'a) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Dari: آوَازَه (āwāza) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Dari: اَفْوَاه (afwāh) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Iranian Persian: شایِعِه (šâye'e) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Iranian Persian: آوازِه (âvâze) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Iranian Persian: اَفْواه (afvâh) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Polish: pogłoska — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Polish: plotka — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Polish: pierdoła — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Portuguese: rumor — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Portuguese: boato — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Romanian: zvon — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Romanian: bârfă — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Romanian: rumoare — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Russian: молва́ (molvá) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Russian: слух (slux) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Russian: слу́хи (slúxi) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Russian: то́лки (tólki) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Scottish Gaelic: fathann — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Serbo-Croatian: гла̀сина — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Serbo-Croatian: glàsina — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Slovak: reči — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Slovak: fáma — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Slovak: povesť — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Slovene: govorica — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Slovene: opravljanje — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Spanish: rumor — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Spanish: voz — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Swedish: rykte — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Tagalog: sabi-sabi — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Tagalog: tsismis — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Tagalog: usap-usapan — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Tajik: овоза (ovoza) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Tajik: шоеа (šoyea) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Tajik: афвоҳ (afvoh) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Tamil: வதந்தி (vatanti) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Tamil: புரளி (puraḷi) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Tamil: கிசுகிசு (kicukicu) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Tatar: имеш-мимеш (imeş-mimeş) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Telugu: పుకారు (pukāru) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Thai: ข่าวลือ (kàao-lʉʉ) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Tibetan: དཀྲོག་གཏམ (dkrog gtam) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Turkish: söylenti — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Turkish: rivayet — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Turkish: şayia — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ottoman Turkish: تواتر (tevâtür) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Turkmen: rovaaýat — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ukrainian: чу́тка (čútka) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ukrainian: чутки́ (čutký) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ukrainian: слух (slux) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ukrainian: плі́тка (plítka) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ukrainian: поголо́ска (poholóska) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ukrainian: по́голос (póholos) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ukrainian: погові́р (pohovír) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ukrainian: го́вір (hóvir) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Ukrainian: чу́йка (čújka) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Urdu: اَفْواہ (afvāh) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Urdu: آوازَہ (āvāza) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Uyghur: مىش-مىش پاراڭ (mish-mish parang) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Uyghur: خەۋەر (xewer) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Uzbek: ovoza — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Uzbek: mish-mish gap — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Uzbek: xabar — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Uzbek: darak — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Vietnamese: tin đồn — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Vietnamese: lời đồn — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Welsh: sôn — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Welsh: si — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Welsh: stori — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Yao (Africa): liwewe class 5 — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Yiddish: פּליאָטקע (plyotke) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Yiddish: פּאָטש (potsh) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Yiddish: שמועה (shmue) — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Yiddish: שלח־מנות — statement or claim from no known reliable source
• Bengali: গুজব (gujob) — uncountable: information
• Czech: drby — uncountable: information
• Dutch: geruchten — uncountable: information
• Finnish: huhu — uncountable: information
• Finnish: kuulopuhe — uncountable: information
• German: Gerüchte — uncountable: information
• German: Gerede — uncountable: information
• Greek: φήμες (fímes) — uncountable: information
• Greek: διαδόσεις (diadóseis) — uncountable: information
• Japanese: 噂 (uwasa) — uncountable: information
• Latvian: baumas — uncountable: information
• Portuguese: rumor — uncountable: information
• Portuguese: boato — uncountable: information
• Romanian: zvon — uncountable: information
• Russian: слу́хи (slúxi) — uncountable: information
• Russian: молва́ (molvá) — uncountable: information
• Scottish Gaelic: fathann — uncountable: information
• Slovene: govorica — uncountable: information
• Spanish: rumorología — uncountable: information
• Spanish: habladurías — uncountable: information
• Swedish: rykte — uncountable: information
• Tamil: புரளி (puraḷi) — uncountable: information
• Telugu: పుకారు (pukāru) — uncountable: information
• Tibetan: དཀྲོག་གཏམ (dkrog gtam) — uncountable: information
• Turkish: söylenti — uncountable: information
• Turkish: rivayet — uncountable: information
• Spanish: rumorear — Translations
• Tamil: கிசுகிசு (kicukicu) — Translations