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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries流言
Pronunciation / Transliteration: liúyán
"办公室里到处都是流言。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Casual or unverified conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as true.
"She loves to sit with her friends and share the latest office gossip."
- 1
To engage in casual or idle talk about the personal affairs of other people.
"They spent hours gossiping about who might be promoted next."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'godsibb', meaning a godparent or spiritual sibling (god + sibb). Over centuries, the meaning shifted to refer to close friends, particularly women who gathered at births, and eventually evolved into the modern sense of idle talk or rumor-mongering about the personal affairs of others.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Gossip" is said worldwide
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potin
Transliteration: potin
"Elle aime écouter les derniers potins."
Klatsch
Transliteration: Klatsch
"Sie mag es, den neusten Klatsch zu hören."
pettegolezzo
Transliteration: pettegolezzo
"Non mi piacciono i pettegolezzi."
chisme
Transliteration: chisme
"Siempre están hablando de chismes en la oficina."
fofoca
Transliteration: fofoca
"Ela espalhou uma fofoca sobre o chefe."
गपशप
Transliteration: gapshap
"वे चाय पीते हुए गपशप कर रहे थे।"
流言
Transliteration: liúyán
"办公室里到处都是流言。"
소문
Transliteration: somun
"그것은 단지 근거 없는 소문일 뿐이다."
うわさ話
Transliteration: uwasabanashi
"彼女はいつも職場のうわさ話をしている。"
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