rumour

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumour, rumor, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, roar”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹuːmə/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈɹʉwmə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹumɚ/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɹʉːmə/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɾɪʊmə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈɾʉməɾ/ (Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈɻʉməɻ/ Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ) === Noun === rumour (countable and uncountable, plural rumours) UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor. (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === rumour (third-person singular simple present rumours, present participle rumouring, simple past and past participle rumoured) Commonwealth standard spelling of rumor. ==== Derived terms ====