different between rumor vs grapevine
rumor
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)
- (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.
- (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)
- (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)
- 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
- rumor, hearsay
- rustle, murmur, a murmuring
- 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
- 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)
- rumour (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
- 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)
- rumor
- murmur
Related terms
- rumorear
Further reading
- “rumor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References
rumor From the web:
- what rumor is circulating about betty
- what rumors spread about animal farm
- what rumors are told about gatsby
- what rumors are circulating in the village
- what rumors about gatsby are true
- what rumors did the artist adelaide
- what rumor is qyburn talking about
- what rumors have circulated the town about betty
grapevine
English
Etymology
grape +? vine
Noun
grapevine (plural grapevine or grapevines)
- The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.
- Synonym: winetree
- A rumor.
- An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
- Synonyms: jungle drums, bush telegraph, jungle telegraph, mulga wire, rumor mill
- 1966, Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong (songwriters), "I Heard It Through the Grapevine":
- I heard it through the grapevine
- Not much longer would you be mine.
- (skating) A move in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other, while both remaining on the ice or ground, incorporating half-turns.
- (wrestling) A leglock.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
grapevine (third-person singular simple present grapevines, present participle grapevining, simple past and past participle grapevined)
- (transitive, wrestling) To restrain in a leglock.
grapevine From the web:
- what grapevine communication
- what grapevine means
- what grapevine means in spanish
- what grapevine network
- what's grapevine in german
- grapevine what to do
- grapevine what county
- grapevine what's on in ipswich
you may also like
- rumor vs grapevine
- rumour vs grapevine
- backhander vs back
- loadmaster vs taxonomy
- roadmasters vs loadmasters
- roadmaster vs loadmaster
- unnoteful vs taxonomy
- noteful vs taxonomy
- awakener vs awakened
- awakeners vs awakeness
- mineral vs canasite
- calcium vs canasite
- fluorine vs canasite
- hydrogen vs canasite
- oxygen vs canasite
- potassium vs canasite
- silicon vs canasite
- sodium vs canasite
- mineral vs canavesite
- boron vs canavesite