gossip

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English

Etymology

From Old English godsibb (“godparent”). Later it came to mean a person who is your friend or companion. Since friends do a lot of talking the modern meaning of "idle talking" has stuck.

Noun

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Wikipedia gossip (plural gossips)

  1. Someone who likes to talk about someone else’s private or personal business.
  2. Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.

Synonyms

Verb

to gossip (third-person singular simple present gossips, present participle gossiping or gossipping, simple past and past participle gossiped or gossipped)

  1. To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a way that spreads the information.
  2. To talk idly.

Translations

to talk about someone else's private or personal business
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 說閒話 cmn(cmn), 说闲话 cmn(cmn) (shuō xiánhuà)
  • Dutch: roddelen nl(nl)
  • Esperanto: klaĉi eo(eo)
  • Finnish: juoruta fi(fi)
  • French: commérer fr(fr)
  • German: tratschen de(de), klatschen de(de)
  • Hebrew: לרכל he(he)
to talk idly
  • German: klatschen de(de), schwatzen de(de)
  • Italian: chiaccherare it(it)
  • Swahili: fakachi sw(sw), fitina sw(sw)
  • Turkish: çene çalmak tr(tr)
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  • Catalan: xafardejar, cotillejar

Italian

Noun

gossip m. inv.

  1. gossip

 

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