"rumour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹuːmə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹuːmɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-rumour.ogg [Australia] Forms: rumours [plural]
Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumour, rumor, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, roar”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rumour}} Middle English rumour, {{der|en|fro|rumour}} Old French rumour, {{m|fro|rumor}} rumor, {{der|en|la|rūmor|t=common talk}} Latin rūmor (“common talk”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*rewH-|t=to shout, roar}} Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, roar”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rumour (countable and uncountable, plural rumours)
  1. British, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rumour-en-noun--GbrX9Mv Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Canadian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 4 13
  2. (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rumour-en-noun-0GpCN4yw

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹuːmə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹuːmɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-rumour.ogg [Australia] Forms: rumours [present, singular, third-person], rumouring [participle, present], rumoured [participle, past], rumoured [past]
Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumour, rumor, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, roar”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rumour}} Middle English rumour, {{der|en|fro|rumour}} Old French rumour, {{m|fro|rumor}} rumor, {{der|en|la|rūmor|t=common talk}} Latin rūmor (“common talk”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*rewH-|t=to shout, roar}} Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, roar”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} rumour (third-person singular simple present rumours, present participle rumouring, simple past and past participle rumoured)
  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of rumor.
    Sense id: en-rumour-en-verb-lWWEJ7GO Categories (other): Commonwealth English

Inflected forms

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