rumour
Commonwealth standard spelling of rumorCommonwealth standard spelling of rumor.
» It's just a rumour.
Das ist nur ein Gerücht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Це просто чутки. — deniko
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1 sensesCommonwealth standard spelling of rumor.
- tell or spread rumors
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
rumours, rumouring, rumoured, rumouredSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.