Meaning

5 senses
  1. (US, countable)A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

    There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.

    vile rumor

    Gerücht

    молва́molvá, слухslux, слу́хиslúxi

    чу́ткаčútka, чутки́čutký, слухslux

  2. (US, uncountable)Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.

    They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.

    Gerüchte, Gerede

    слу́хиslúxi, молва́molvá

  3. (US, archaic, uncountable)Report, news, information in general.

  4. (US, obsolete, uncountable)Fame, reputation.

  5. (US, obsolete, uncountable)Clamor, din, outcry.

More definitions
  • gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

Examples

503 sentences
  1. I wonder who started that rumor.

    Мені цікаво, хто розпустив ці чутки.

    ruЯ хочу знать, кто пустил этот слух.

    deIch frage mich, wer dieses Gerücht in Umlauf gebracht hat.

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  2. I think the rumor is true.

    Гадаю, ці чутки правдиві.

    ruЯ думаю, слухи правдивы.

    deIch denke, das Gerücht ist wahr.

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  3. I guess the rumors are true.

    Гадаю, що чутки правдиві.

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  4. There are rumors that he will resign.

    Ходять чутки, що він подасть у відставку.

    ruХодят слухи, что он уйдёт в отставку.

    deEs gibt Gerüchte, dass er zurücktreten wird.

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  5. The rumor turned out to be true.

    Чутки підтвердилися.

    deDas Gerücht stellte sich als wahr heraus.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
statement or claim from no known reliable source:
Русский
By meaning 1
statement or claim from no known reliable source:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
statement or claim from no known reliable source:
uncountable: information:

Origin

From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ulti

From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

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Forms

plural: rumors

Synonyms

21 synonyms
information of questionable accuracy:gossipB1talkB1hearsaytittle-tattle
Close in meaning
  • gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth:rumourhearsay

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • rumor is true
  • the rumor is
  • rumor going around
  • there's a rumor
  • started the rumor
  • believe the rumor
  • that rumor is
  • just a rumor
  • a rumor going
  • the rumor about
  • a rumor that
  • are rumors that

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rumor — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto