rumour
/ˈruːmə/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
ru - mour -> rumour
(n) ကောလဟာလ
rumour (US rumor ) /'ru:mǝ(r)/ n
(က) [C] ကောလာဟလ။ ဈေးစကား။
The rumour began with an anonymous telephone call to a newspaper. ❍ There's a nasty rumour going round/circulating/spreading about your father. ❍ Oh yes, I did hear a vague rumour that he was leaving. ❍ There are strong/persistent rumours of an impending merger.
(ခ) [U] ကောလာဟလ။ ဈေးစကား။ Many of the stories were based on rumour and gossip. ❍ Rumour has it (ie People say) that he was murdered.
❏ rumoured (US rumored ) adj သတင်းပြေးလျက် ရှိ[သော]။ ကောလာဟလဖြစ်နေ[သော]။ They bought the house at a rumoured price of £600,000. ❍ It's widely rumoured that she's going to resign. ❍ She is rumoured to be on the point of resigning.
- [rumour about] : He’d heard rumours about some big financial deal.
- [rumour of] : Now there are rumours of wedding plans.
- [rumour that] : He denied rumours that staff would lose their jobs.
- [rumour has it that] : Rumour has it that he’s seriously ill.
- [circulate/spread rumours] : A student had been spreading rumours about the teachers.
- [rumours are flying] : Rumours are flying about a merger between the media giants.
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