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Meanings of rumour in English

Portuguese
fama
Catalan
rumor
Spanish
voz
Wikidata

Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.

        fama
        Portuguese
        difundir idéias
        Wikidata

        Tell or spread rumors.

              difundir idéias
              Usage of rumour in English
              1
              Eddie probably started this particular rumour, as a way of saying sorry.
              Something from the nightside
              2
              Whether this rumour will turn into fact still remains to be seen.
              The South African
              3
              Disappeared completely, although I heard a rumour they'd joined Crassus' expeditionary force.'
              The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
              4
              Once the CCTV images went public, the rumour mill went into overdrive.
              The South African
              5
              Since last week, the rumour mill has once again gone into overdrive.
              News.com.au
              6
              The rumour diminished to just a soft mumbling; and then nothing more.
              The Path of Life
              7
              Marvels had happened in the temple of Hathor, that was the rumour.
              Morning Star
              8
              This wasn't the first time I'd come across the rumour about deferrals.
              Never let me go
              9
              Of this particular rumour our young friend Dolly Longestaffe was the parent.
              The Way We Live Now
              10
              It was probably me that started that rumour.' He grinned at me.
              Silks
              11
              Nothing of the rumour had as yet been whispered in royal palaces.
              The Way We Live Now
              12
              Perhaps it was the rumour of suicide that they could not accept.
              For my Country’s Freedom
              13
              A rumour was in some way started that the king was dead.
              The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of ...
              14
              We live in a terrible time, of war and rumour of war.
              Gilbert Keith Chesterton
              15
              So rumour had it; and to unsophisticated Paul rumour was gospel truth.
              The Fortunate Youth
              16
              Both BSkyB and Murdoch's News Corp declined to comment on the rumour.
              Reuters
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