Polyglot Dictionary

rumor

/xuˈmoɾ/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
rumores

Meaning

  1. rumour

    • Corre um rumor.

      A rumour is going round.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

boato

boato and rumor are close synonyms for "rumour," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

German

Gerücht

Gerücht is the German word for the same thing — both mean "rumour."

Spanish

rumor

rumor is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "rumour."

Practice

1 What does rumor mean?

2 Fill the gap: Corre um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rumor?

noun

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