שמועס
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew שְׁמוּעוֹת (sh'mu'ót), plural of שְׁמוּעָה (sh'mu'á, “report, piece of news, rumor”), related to שָׁמַע (shamá', “to hear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmuəs/
Noun
שמועס • (shmues) m, plural שמועסן (shmuesn)
- idle talk, chat, conversation
- schmooze
Derived terms
- שמועסן (shmuesn)
Descendants
- Dutch: smoes, smoezen
- English: schmooze, shmooze
- German: Schmu, Schmus, schmusen