• • (RP) IPA: /ˈɹuːmə(ɹ)/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈɹuːmɚ/

rumour

1. Alternative spelling of rumor
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare & Co.; Sylvia Beach, OCLC 560090630 ↗; republished London: Published for the Egoist Press, London by John Rodker, Paris, October 1922, OCLC 2297483 ↗:

     Rumour had it (though not proved) that she descended from the house of the lords Talbot de Malahide

   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 26:

     Dame Rumour outstrides me yet again.

2. (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, JC II. iv. 18:

     Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.

rumour (rumours, present participle rumouring; past and past participle rumoured)

1. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of rumor#English|rumor.