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The verbal means of passing on information; viva voce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
- The book didn't need to be advertised; it became popular solely by word of mouth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
gossip spread by spoken communication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grapevine, pipeline
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gossip, comment, scuttlebutt
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bengali:
মুখের কথা
(mukher kotha)
— verbal means of passing of information
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Catalan:
boca-orella
— verbal means of passing of information
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Chinese Mandarin:
口口相傳 /口口相传
(kǒukǒu xiāngchuán)
— verbal means of passing of information
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Chinese Mandarin:
口傳 /口传
(kǒuchuán)
— verbal means of passing of information
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Danish:
mund til mund
— verbal means of passing of information
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Dutch:
mond-tot-mond
— verbal means of passing of information
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Dutch:
mond-tot-mond communicatie
— verbal means of passing of information
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Esperanto:
perbuŝo
— verbal means of passing of information
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Finnish:
suupuhe
— verbal means of passing of information
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French:
bouche à oreille
— verbal means of passing of information
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German:
Mundpropaganda
— verbal means of passing of information
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German:
Mund-zu-Mund-Propaganda
— verbal means of passing of information
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Greek:
από στόμα σε στόμα
(apó stóma se stóma)
— verbal means of passing of information
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Hungarian:
élőszó
— verbal means of passing of information
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Icelandic:
munnlega
— verbal means of passing of information
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Indonesian:
getok tular
— verbal means of passing of information
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Indonesian:
dari mulut ke mulut
— verbal means of passing of information
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Italian:
passaparola
— verbal means of passing of information
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Japanese:
口コミ
(kuchikomi)
— verbal means of passing of information
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Japanese:
口伝
(kuden)
— verbal means of passing of information
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Korean:
구전
(gujeon)
— verbal means of passing of information
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Latin:
viva voce
— verbal means of passing of information
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Polish:
poczta pantoflowa
— verbal means of passing of information
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Polish:
wici
— verbal means of passing of information
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Portuguese:
boca a boca
— verbal means of passing of information
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Portuguese:
passa-palavra
— verbal means of passing of information
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Russian:
сарафа́нное ра́дио
(sarafánnoje rádio)
— verbal means of passing of information
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Spanish:
boca a boca
— verbal means of passing of information
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Spanish:
boca-oreja
— verbal means of passing of information
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Spanish:
de boca en boca
— verbal means of passing of information
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Spanish:
de dicho en dicho (disused)
— verbal means of passing of information
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Swedish:
mun till mun
— verbal means of passing of information
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Turkish:
dedikodu gazetesi
— verbal means of passing of information