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Translate hearsay from English to French

Summary

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hearsay:
- nouvelle; information officieuse
Wiktionary:
- hearsay → ouï-dire, on-dit, rumeur
- hearsay → ouï-dire

English

Detailed Translations for hearsay from English to French

hearsay:

hearsay [the ~] noun

the hearsay (tiding; unofficial report)
la nouvelle; l'information officieuse
- nouvelle [la ~] noun
- information officieuse [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for hearsay:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
information officieuse	hearsay; tiding; unofficial report
nouvelle	hearsay; tiding; unofficial report	announcement; intelligence; message; news; news bulletin; news item; news report; novella; piece of news; report; short novel; statement; tidings
-	rumor; rumour
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	report; rumor; rumour

Synonyms for "hearsay":

indirect
rumor; rumour; gossip; comment; scuttlebutt

Related Definitions for "hearsay":

heard through another rather than directly¹
- hearsay information¹
gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth¹

Wiktionary Translations for hearsay:

hearsay

noun

evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge
- hearsay → ouï-dire; on-dit
information that was heard by one person about another
- hearsay → on-dit; ouï-dire; rumeur

hearsay

noun

propos qui se répéter de bouche en bouche.
- on-dit → hearsay
Ce qu’on n’a ni voir ni entendre soi-même et qu’on ne savoir que par le rapport d’une autre personne ou par le bruit public.
- ouï-dire → hearsay

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• hearsay	→ ouï-dire	↔ Hörensagen — Äußerungen anderer als unsichere Quelle des Wissens

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