Tin đồn, lời đồn, tiếng đồn

Đồn ra, đồn đại

it is rumoured that

người ta đồn rằng

tin đồn

tin đồn (thất thiệt)

N.

Rumour, news, gossip, hearsay, information, scoop,tidings, chat, chit-chat, tittle-tattle, on dit; grapevine,jungle telegraph, Colloq low-down, info, US and Canadian poop,Slang chiefly US nautical scuttlebutt: The rumour is that theyare moving from Reading to Exeter. Rumour has it that you arenot going with them.

V.

Bruit about, noise abroad, circulate, pass around,intimate, breathe, suggest, whisper, leak, reveal, make known,put about, say, report, tell: It has been rumoured that she isgoing to have his baby.

N. & v.

(US rumor)

N.

General talk or hearsay of doubtfulaccuracy.

(often foll. by of, or that + clause) a current butunverified statement or assertion (heard a rumour that you areleaving).

V.tr. (usu. in passive) report by way of rumour (itis rumoured that you are leaving; you are rumoured to beleaving). [ME f. OF rumur, rumor f. L rumor -oris noise]