# rumor
## English
### Alternative forms

* rumour (Commonwealth)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɹuːmə(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈɹumɚ/
* Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)

### Noun

rumor (countable and uncountable, plural rumors) (American spelling)
* (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
    a rumor going round
    vicious rumors
    spread a rumor
* (uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.
    They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.
* (uncountable, archaic) Report, news, information in general.
** 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods‎, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 3:It stands a city aloof. There hath been no rumour of it—I alone have dreamed of it, and I may not be sure that my dreams are true.
* (uncountable, obsolete) Fame, reputation.
* (uncountable, obsolete) Clamor, din, outcry.

#### Synonyms

* (piece of information):
* (information of questionable accuracy): gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle-tattle

#### Hypernyms

* information

#### Derived terms

* all rumors are true
* rumor campaign
* rumor has it
* rumor mill
* rumormonger

#### Translations
### Verb

rumor (third-person singular simple present rumors, present participle rumoring, simple past and past participle rumored)
* (transitive, usually used in the passive voice) To tell a rumor about; to gossip.
    John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūmōrem (a borrowing per DCVB). Doublet of remor. First attested in the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ruˈmor]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ruˈmo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ruˈmoɾ]

### Noun

rumor m or (archaic, regional or poetic) f (plural rumors)
* rumor

#### Related terms

* remor
* rumorejar

#### Further reading

* “rumor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *roumōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈruː.mor/, [ˈruːmɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈru.mor/, [ˈruːmor]

### Noun

rūmor m (genitive rūmōris); third declension
* rumor, hearsay, gossip
* rustle, murmur, a murmuring
* the voice of the people

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: remor, rumor
* Dutch: rumoer
* English: rumour, rumor
* French: rumeur
* Friulian: romôr
* Galician: rumor
* Italian: rumore
* Piedmontese: rumor
* Portuguese: rumor
* Romanian: rumoare
* Sicilian: rumuri
* Spanish: rumor
* Venetan: rumor

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rūmor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 529

### Further reading

* “rumor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “rumor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "rumor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* rumor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. report says; people say: rumor, fama, sermo est or manat a rumour is prevalent: rumor, fama viget a report, an impression is gaining ground: rumor increbrescit to spread a rumour: rumorem spargere vague rumours reach us: dubii rumores afferuntur ad nos

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rūmor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈru.mɔr/
* Rhymes: -umɔr
* Syllabification: ru‧mor

### Noun

rumor m inan
* din, hubbub, racket, tumult, uproar
    Synonyms: wrzawa, zamieszanie

#### Declension
### Further reading

* rumor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin rumōrem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁuˈmoʁ/ [huˈmoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁuˈmoʁ/ [huˈmoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁuˈmoɾ/ [huˈmoɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁuˈmoʁ/ [χuˈmoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁuˈmoɻ/ [huˈmoɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁuˈmoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁuˈmoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁuˈmo.ɾi/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
* Hyphenation: ru‧mor

### Noun

rumor m (plural rumores)
* rumour (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
* continuous noise
** 1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:No confuso rumor que se formava, destacavam-se risos, sons de vozes que altercavam, sem se saber de onde, grasnar de marrecos, cantar de galos, cacarejar de galinhas.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:rumor.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rumorem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ruˈmoɾ/ [ruˈmoɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: ru‧mor

### Noun

rumor m (plural rumores)
* rumor
    Synonym: fábula
* murmur
    Synonym: murmurio

#### Derived terms

* rumorear
* rumorología

#### Further reading

* “rumor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “rumor”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumor.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɾuˈmoɾ/ [ɾʊˈmoɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: ru‧mor

### Noun

rumór (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜋᜓᜇ᜔)
* rumor
    Synonyms: tsismis, bali-balita, usap-usapan, bulong-bulungan