rumour
/ˈɹuːmə/
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British/ˈɹʉwmə/
rumour noun: UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor.
Noun
rumour (countable and uncountable, plural rumours)
- UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor.
- Rumour had it (though not proved) that she descended from the house of the lords Talbot de Malahide1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
- There were rumours, new rumours every morning, delightful and outrageous rumours, so that the lumps in the porridge were swallowed without comment and the fish-cakes were eaten without contumely.1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
- A prolonged, indistinct noise.
- Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Verb
rumour (third-person singular simple present rumours, present participle rumouring, simple past and past participle rumoured)
- Commonwealth standard spelling of rumor.
- Two of the four main routes over the Border were rumoured to be threatened with withdrawal of, or heavy cuts in, passenger services.1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Drastic cuts in Scotland?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 644
rumour meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rumour in Hindi
- अफवाह
rumour in Tamil
- வதந்தி
rumour in Marathi
- rumour
- चर्चा carcā
rumour in Urdu
- آوازہ, افواہ, چرچا, دھوم, خبر, شہرت
More languagesFewer languages
- rumour in Telugu
- నానుడి nānuḍi, గాలికబురు gālikaburu, గాలిమాట gālimāṭa, మాట māṭa
- rumour in Malayalam
- കിംവദന്തി, അപവാദപ്രചരണം, കേട്ടുകേൾവി
- rumour in Kannada
- ಕೇಳ್ಮಾತು, ಹೇಳಿವು, ಗಾಳಿವಾತು, ಗಾಳಿಮಾತು
- rumour in Gujarati
- અફવા
- rumour in Odia
- କଥା kathā
- rumour in Sanskrit
- जन्य jánya, श्रुति śrúti
- rumour in Assamese
- উৰাবাতৰি urabatori, ঢৌ dhou
- rumour in Nepali
- अफवाह
Examples of rumour in a sentence
- There's a rumour floating around the office that Jan is pregnant.
- There was a vicious rumour that the final was rigged, as the defense seemed useless.
- He was at great pains to distance himself from the rumours.
Forms of rumour
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rumours |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rumours |
| present participle | rumouring |
| past participle | rumoured |
| past | rumoured |
Origin of rumour
From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumour, rumor, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, roar”).
Words formed from rumour
Phrases with rumour
Words that rhyme with rumour
Questions about rumour
- What does rumour mean?
- Rumour means UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor.
- What is rumour in Hindi?
- Rumour in Hindi is अफवाह. See Rumour meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rumour?
- Rumour can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce rumour?
- Rumour is pronounced /ˈɹuːmə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rumour?
- The plural of rumour is rumours.
Words near rumour in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rumour (page history and authors); rumour (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rumour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); चर्चा (Marathi) (page history and authors); rumour (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); గాలికబురు (Telugu) (page history and authors); rumour (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rumour (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rumour (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); କଥା (Odia) (page history and authors); जन्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); উৰাবাতৰি (Assamese) (page history and authors); rumour (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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