rumour /'ru:mә/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
- (v.) tell or spread rumors
Chinese translation
- n. 谣言, 传闻
- vt. 谣传
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun / verb
- Pronunciation
- /'ru:mә/
- Syllables
- 2
- Exam levels
- CET-4 · CET-6 · IELTS
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.38 · Rare
Word forms
rumoured, rumouring, rumours
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