Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A prolonged, indistinct noise.
- gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
Examples
132 sentencesIt's just a rumour.
Це просто чутки. — deniko
deDas ist nur ein Gerücht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
That rumour is not true, is it?
Ці чутки неправдиві, чи не так? — deniko
deDas Gerücht stimmt doch nicht, oder? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The rumours were true.
Чутки були правдиві. — deniko
ruСлухи оказались верными. — soweli_Elepanto
deDie Gerüchte stimmten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
They're only rumours.
Це лише чутки. — deniko
ruЭто лишь слухи. — soweli_Elepanto
Actually, it was just a rumour.
deEs war eigentlich nur ein Gerücht. — Waldelfe
Origin
From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumour, rumor, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumour, rumor, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, roar”).
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Forms
plural: rumoursSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
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