gossip

gossip
gossip [{{t}}'gɒsɪp]
1 noun
(a) (UNCOUNT) (casual chat) bavardage m, papotage m; {{}}pejorative{{}} (rumour) commérage m, ragots mpl, racontars mpl; (in newspaper) potins mpl;
∎ to have a good gossip bien papoter;
∎ have you heard the latest (bit of) gossip? vous connaissez la dernière (nouvelle)?;
∎ that's just (idle) gossip ce ne sont que des bavardages (futiles);
∎ don't listen to gossip n'écoutez pas les racontars;
∎ the paper gives all the local gossip il y a tous les petits potins du coin dans le journal
(b) {{}}pejorative{{}} (person) bavard(e) m,f, pie f, commère f;
∎ he's such a gossip! quelle commère!
2 intransitive verb
bavarder, papoter; (maliciously) faire des commérages, dire du mal des gens;
∎ people are always gossiping about their neighbours les gens ont toujours des ragots à raconter sur leurs voisins
►► gossip column échos mpl;
∎ in the gossip columns dans les échos;
gossip columnist, gossip writer échotier(ère) m,f

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