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word of mouth

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English

Alternative forms

word-of-mouth

Noun

word of mouth ‎(uncountable)

(idiomatic) Verbal means of passing on information.
The book didn't need to be advertised; it became popular solely by word of mouth.

Coordinate terms

word of finger

Translations

verbal means of passing of information

Chinese:
Mandarin: 口口相傳, 口口相传 ‎(kǒukǒuxiāngchuán)
Dutch: mond-tot-mond, mond-tot-mond communicatie
Esperanto: perbuŝo
Finnish: kuulopuhe (fi)
French: bouche à oreille (fr) m
German: Mundpropaganda (de) f
Greek: από στόμα σε στόμα ‎(apó stóma se stóma)
Icelandic: munnlega, í munnmælum, á skotspónum

Indonesian: getok tular, dari mulut ke mulut
Italian: passaparola (it) m
Japanese: 口コミ
Polish: poczta pantoflowa (pl) f
Portuguese: boca a boca m, passa-palavra m
Russian: сарафа́нное ра́дио (ru) n ‎(sarafánnoje rádio)
Spanish: boca a boca
Turkish: dedikodu gazetesi

See also

word of mouth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia