gossip

Etymology
From, , from , equivalent to. . For sense evolution to "gossip, discussing others' personal affairs," compare French.

Noun

 * 1)  Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
 * 2)  Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.
 * 3)  Idle conversation in general.
 * 4)  A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
 * 5)  Communication done using a.
 * 6)  A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child or godchild, or the parent of one's godchild.
 * 7)  A familiar acquaintance.
 * 1)  Idle conversation in general.
 * 2)  A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
 * 3)  Communication done using a.
 * 4)  A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child or godchild, or the parent of one's godchild.
 * 5)  A familiar acquaintance.
 * 1)  Idle conversation in general.
 * 2)  A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
 * 3)  Communication done using a.
 * 4)  A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child or godchild, or the parent of one's godchild.
 * 5)  A familiar acquaintance.
 * 1)  A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
 * 2)  Communication done using a.
 * 3)  A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child or godchild, or the parent of one's godchild.
 * 4)  A familiar acquaintance.
 * 1)  Communication done using a.
 * 2)  A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child or godchild, or the parent of one's godchild.
 * 3)  A familiar acquaintance.
 * 1)  A familiar acquaintance.
 * 1)  A familiar acquaintance.
 * 1)  A familiar acquaintance.
 * 1)  A familiar acquaintance.
 * 1)  A familiar acquaintance.
 * 1)  A familiar acquaintance.
 * 1)  A familiar acquaintance.

Descendants

 * Chinese:

Translations

 * Afrikaans: skinderbek, skinderaar
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: نَمَّام, نَمَّامة
 * Moroccan Arabic: بَرݣاݣ
 * Azerbaijani: qeybətçi, xəbərçi
 * Bashkir: ғәйбәтсе, ғәйбәт тоҡсайы
 * Belarusian: плятка́р, плятка́рка
 * Bulgarian:, клюка́рка
 * Catalan:, , , , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 愛說閒話的人, 八卦的人
 * Czech: drbna, klepna,, klevetnice
 * Danish: sladrehank
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: klaĉulo, klaĉisto, klaĉanto
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:, , , Tratschweib, Klatschweib
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: רכלן
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , , chiacchierona, , ,
 * Ladino: mesherikero, mesherikera
 * Lao: ຄົນນິນທາ, ຄົນມັກນິນທາ
 * Latin: lingulāca
 * Macedonian: озбо́рувач, озбору́вачка, тра́чар, тра́чарка
 * Norman: conméthe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ryktemaker, ryktesmed, skvaldrebøtte
 * Persian: سخن‌چین
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scots: auld wife
 * Sicilian: cuttigghiaru, cuttigghiara
 * Slovak: klebetník, klebetníca
 * Spanish:, ,  , argüendero, argüendera , , , ,
 * Swahili: mdakizi,
 * Swedish:, , sladderkärring, sladdertacka, skvallerkvarn, skvallermoster, skvallerranta, skvallertaska, skvallertant,
 * Tagalog: tsismoso, tsismosa
 * Tibetan: ཁ་བདར་གློད་མཁན
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: плітка́р, плітка́рка, плету́н, плету́нка,
 * Yoruba: gbéborùn, olófòófó


 * Afrikaans: skinder, fietna
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: نَمِيمَة, إِشَاعَة, غِيبَة
 * Moroccan Arabic: تْبَرݣيݣ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, dalınca danışma
 * Bashkir: ғәйбәт
 * Belarusian: плётка
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: эладит
 * Cherokee: ᎦᏬᏂᏓ
 * Chichewa: bodza
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 閒話
 * Hakka: 閒話
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: sladder
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Dzongkha: ངག་ཀྱལ
 * Esperanto: klaĉo (negative), onidiro (rumor: not always negative)
 * Estonian: kuulujutt, klatš
 * Faroese: slatur
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:, ,
 * Georgian: ჭორი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: गप-शप, अफ़वाह
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: scéalaíocht
 * Italian:, chiacchera, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: өсек, ғайбат
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ເປສຸໄນ, ປາກບອນ, ປາກຕລາດ
 * Latin: rūmusculī
 * Latvian: tenka
 * Lithuanian: paskala
 * Luxembourgish: Klaatsch
 * Macedonian: озбору́вање, трач
 * Malay: gosip
 * Maori: tarawau, pōtinitini, pakitara
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: хов жив,
 * Navajo: aseezį́
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Pludra
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: seanchas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: оговарање, тра̏ч
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: reči, klebety
 * Slovene: opravljanje, obrekovanje
 * Spanish:,  , brete ,  ,  , chimento , chirmol , cocoa ,  ,  , cuecho , , argüende , vinazo , , ,  ,  ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: sitsit, tsika,
 * Tajik: ғайбат
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: గాలి కబుర్లు
 * Thai: คำนินทา, ขี้ปาก, การซุบซิบ, ,
 * Tibetan: འཆལ་གཏམ, ཁ་བཤད, ལབ་ལོབ
 * Tocharian B: käskor
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: плі́тка, сплі́тка, погові́р
 * Urdu: گپ شپ
 * Uyghur:
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:, clecs
 * Yiddish: שלח־מנות, שמועה
 * Yoruba: òfófó, ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀yìn

Verb

 * 1)  To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.
 * 2)  To talk idly.
 * 3)  To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.
 * 4)  To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.
 * 5)  To communicate using a.
 * 1)  To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.
 * 2)  To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.
 * 3)  To communicate using a.
 * 1)  To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.
 * 2)  To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.
 * 3)  To communicate using a.
 * 1)  To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.
 * 2)  To communicate using a.
 * 1)  To communicate using a.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: skinder, fietna
 * Arabic: اِغْتَابَ
 * Gulf Arabic: حش
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: qeybət etmək, dalınca danışmaq
 * Belarusian: плятка́рыць
 * Bulgarian: клюка́рствам
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 說閒話,
 * Czech:, klevetit
 * Danish: sladre, bagtale, snage
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: klaĉi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, , ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: לרכל
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Kabuverdianu: rue, linguara
 * Khmer: ចចេចចចូច
 * Ladino: mesherikear
 * Lao: ນິນທາ
 * Malay:
 * Maori: pakitara
 * Maranao: bantabantaan
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sladre, slarve
 * Polish:, poplotkować
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тра̏чати, огова́рати
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: cuttigghiari
 * Slovak: klebetiť
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Tagalog: magtsismis
 * Thai: ซุบซิบ,
 * Tibetan: ཁ་བདར་གློད
 * Turkish: dedikodu yapmak
 * Ukrainian: пліткува́ти
 * Yoruba: ṣòfófó, gbéborùn
 * ǃXóõ: ʘgāle


 * Afrikaans: klets
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 說閒聊
 * Danish: småsnakke
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Kabuverdianu: linguara
 * Maori: pakitara, ngutungutu, tūtara, kauhimu, pahupahu
 * Polish:, poplotkować
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Sicilian: cuttigghiari
 * Tagalog: magtsikahan
 * Thai:, ว่าร้าย
 * Turkish:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  (especially concerning famous or important people)