rumor
A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually…A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
» I wonder who started that rumor.
Ich frage mich, wer dieses Gerücht in Umlauf gebracht hat.
Я хочу знать, кто пустил этот слух.
Мені цікаво, хто розпустив ці чутки.
Meaning
5 senses(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
(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
(US, archaic, uncountable)Report, news, information in general.
(US, obsolete, uncountable)Fame, reputation.
(US, obsolete, uncountable)Clamor, din, outcry.
- gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
Examples
503 sentencesI 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.
I think the rumor is true.
Гадаю, ці чутки правдиві.
ruЯ думаю, слухи правдивы.
deIch denke, das Gerücht ist wahr.
I guess the rumors are true.
Гадаю, що чутки правдиві.
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.
The rumor turned out to be true.
Чутки підтвердилися.
deDas Gerücht stellte sich als wahr heraus.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultiFrom 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: rumorsSynonyms
21 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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