Rumour definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

A rumour is a story or piece of information that may or may not be true, but that people are talking about. We have been denying rumours of a split since ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'rumour'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× rumour (ruːməʳ ) Wordforms:pluralrumours regionalnote: inAM,userumorvariablenoun[oftNOUNthat] Arumourisastoryorpieceofinformationthatmayormaynotbetrue,butthatpeoplearetalkingabout. Wehavebeendenyingrumoursofasplitsincethefirstweekwegottogether. Therehavebeenpersistentrumoursofquarrelswithinthemovement. There'sastrangerumourgoingaroundatthemomentaboutPeter. [Also+of/about]Synonyms:story,news,report,talk MoreSynonymsofrumour COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof rumour Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'rumour' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'rumour' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'puzzle' HindiTranslationof'rumour' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency rumourinBritishEnglish orUSrumor(ˈruːmə ) noun1. a. information,oftenamixtureoftruthanduntruth,passedaroundverbally b. (incombination) arumour-monger 2. gossiporhearsay 3. archaic dinorclamour 4. obsolete fameorreputation verb5. (tr;usuallypassive) topassaroundorcirculateintheformofarumour itisrumouredthattheQueeniscoming 6. literary tomakeorcausetomakeamurmuringnoise CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC14:viaOldFrenchfromLatinrūmorcommontalk;relatedtoOldNorserymjatoroar,Sanskritrāuthecries Examplesof'rumour'inasentence rumour Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Therearealsosomerumoursabouttheextenttowhichbargainswererealbargains.Times,SundayTimes(2016)Butyoumusthaveheardtherumours?Times,SundayTimes(2016)Rumoursaboundaboutdiscordinthecoachingteam,anditisnotasthoughtheyaregreatlyhamperedbyinternationalcall-ups.Times,SundayTimes(2016)Septemberhasbeenanunusuallystrongmonthfortakeoverrumours.Times,SundayTimes(2012)Thecouplearerumouredtobesufferingmarriagewoes.TheSun(2008)Thetalkisallmusicindustryrumourandgossip.Times,SundayTimes(2011)NetworksofinformationandrumourdirectedthisfeelingthroughoutandbeyondNewEngland.TheTimesLiterarySupplement(2010)TherehavebeenpersistentrumoursofconflictbetweenPeaceandSands.Times,SundayTimes(2014) COBUILDCollocations rumour  dismissrumours fuelrumours heararumour maliciousrumour persistentrumours rumouristrue rumoursarerife spreadrumours unfoundedrumour unsubstantiatedrumour wildrumours Showmore... Trendsof rumour Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages rumour BritishEnglish:rumour /ˈruːmə/NOUNArumourisapieceofinformationthatmayormaynotbetrue,butthatpeoplearetalkingabout.Hedeniedrumoursthathewasplanningtovisitthecountrylaterthismonth.AmericanEnglish:rumor /ˈrumər/Arabic:إشَاعَة BrazilianPortuguese:rumor Chinese:谣言 Croatian:glasina Czech:fáma Danish:rygte Dutch:gerucht EuropeanSpanish:rumor Finnish:huhu French:rumeur German:Gerücht Greek:φήμη διάδοσηItalian:diceria Japanese:うわさ Korean:소문 Norwegian:rykte Polish:pogłoska EuropeanPortuguese:rumor Romanian:zvonRussian:слух LatinAmericanSpanish:rumor Swedish:rykte Thai:ข่าวลือ Turkish:söylenti Ukrainian:чуткаVietnamese:tinđồn Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically rumour rumored rumormonger rumorous rumour rumouristrue rumourmill rumour-monger AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'R' Relatedtermsof rumour denyrumour rumourmill falserumour rumour-monger heararumour Viewmorerelatedwords Source DefinitionofrumourfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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