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rumeur — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • grapevine noun The woody vine on which grapes grow.
  • hearsay noun Information passed along secondhand that hasn't been confirmed or verified.
  • murmur noun A soft, low, indistinct sound.
  • rumor noun A piece of information or claim circulating by word of mouth, without a confirmed source.

Senses

rumeur is used for these senses in English:

  • grapevine An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
  • hearsay Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
  • hustle and bustle (idiomatic) A large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding.
  • murmur (cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
  • rumor (countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

grapevine — full definition

  1. noun The woody vine on which grapes grow.
  2. noun An informal, person-to-person network through which rumors and news travel.

hearsay — full definition

  1. noun Information passed along secondhand that hasn't been confirmed or verified.
  2. noun In law, an out-of-court statement offered as evidence, generally not admissible because it cannot be cross-examined.

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