different between heresay vs rumor

English

Noun

heresay

1. Misspelling of hearsay.

English

Alternative forms

• rumour (Commonwealth)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??u?m?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??um?/
• Rhymes: -u?m?(r)

Noun

rumor (countable and uncountable, plural rumors)

1. (American spelling, countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

   There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.

2. (American spelling, uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.

   They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.

Synonyms

• (piece of information):
• (information): gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle-tattle

Hypernyms

• information

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

rumor (third-person singular simple present rumors, present participle rumoring, simple past and past participle rumored)

1. (transitive, usually used in the passive voice) To tell a rumor about; to gossip.

   John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin rumor, rumorem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ru?mo/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ru?mo?/

Noun

rumor m (plural rumors)

1. rumor

Related terms

• rumorejar

Further reading

• “rumor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *roum?s, from Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ru?.mor/, [?ru?m?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ru.mor/, [?ru?m?r]

Noun

r?mor m (genitive r?m?ris); third declension

1. rumor, hearsay
2. rustle, murmur, a murmuring
3. The voice of the people

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• rumor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rumor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rumor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rumor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin r?mor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru.m?r/

Noun

rumor m inan

1. uproar, hubbub, tumult, racket, din

   Synonyms: wrzawa, zamieszanie

Declension

Further reading

• rumor in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• rumor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rumor, rumorem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?u?mo(?)/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?u?mo?/
• Hyphenation: ru?mor

Noun

rumor m (plural rumores)

1. rumour (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
2. continuous noise

   • No confuso rumor que se formava, destacavam-se risos, sons de vozes que altercavam, sem se saber de onde, grasnar de marrecos, cantar de galos, cacarejar de galinhas.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:rumor.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rumor, rumorem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ru?mo?/, [ru?mo?]
• Hyphenation: ru?mor

Noun

rumor m (plural rumores)

1. rumor
2. murmur

Related terms

• rumorear

Further reading

• “rumor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

References