rumorとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English rumour, borrowed from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːmə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɹumɚ/
• 韻: -uːmə(r)

名詞

rumor (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 rumors)

1. (米国用法 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.

2. (米国用法 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.

同意語

• (piece of information):
• (information): gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle-tattle

上位語

• information

派生語

動詞

rumor (三人称単数 現在形 rumors, 現在分詞 rumoring, 過去形および過去分詞形 rumored)

1. (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.

Latin

語源

From Proto-Indo-European *rAwə- (“to shout, to roar”)

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈruː.mor/, [ˈruː.mɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.mor/, [ˈruː.mɔr]

名詞

rūmor m (genitive rūmōris); third declension

1. rumor
2. rustle, murmur, a murmuring
3. The voice of the people

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

派生した語

参照

• 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.
  • report says; people say: rumor, fama, sermo est or manat
    
  • a rumour is prevalent: rumor, fama viget
    
  • a report, an impression is gaining ground: rumor increbrescit
    
  • to spread a rumour: rumorem spargere
    
  • vague rumours reach us: dubii rumores afferuntur ad nos