different between communique vs rumour

English

Noun

communique (plural communiques)

1. Alternative form of communiqué

French

Verb

communique

1. first-person singular present indicative of communiquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of communiquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of communiquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of communiquer
5. second-person singular imperative of communiquer

Portuguese

Verb

communique

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of communicar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of communicar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of communicar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of communicar

English

Etymology

From Old French rumeur, from Latin r?mor (“common talk”).

Pronunciation

• * (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??u?m?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??u?m?/

Noun

rumour (countable and uncountable, plural rumours)

1. Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 26:

     Dame Rumour outstrides me yet again.

2. (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, JC II. iv. 18:

     Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.

Verb

rumour (third-person singular simple present rumours, present participle rumouring, simple past and past participle rumoured)

1. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of rumor.