rumour

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
  2. verb tell or spread rumors

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

rumor, hearsay

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