word of mouth

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word of mouth

noun word-of-mouth

  1. idiomatic, uncountable The verbal means of passing on information; viva voce. The book didn't need to be advertised; it became popular solely by word of mouth.

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noun verbal means of passing of information

Españolboca a boca, boca-oreja, de boca en boca, de dicho en dicho (disused)
한국어구전 gujeon
日本語口コミ kuchikomi, 口伝 kuden
中文口口相傳 /口口相传 kǒukǒu xiāngchuán, 口傳 /口传 kǒuchuán
Portuguêsboca a boca, passa-palavra
Françaisbouche à oreille
DeutschMundpropaganda, Mund-zu-Mund-Propaganda
Italianopassaparola
Ελληνικάαπό στόμα σε στόμα apó stóma se stóma
Русскийсарафа́нное ра́дио sarafánnoje rádio

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@misc{word_of_mouth_2026,
  title = {word of mouth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/word%20of%20mouth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}