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Meaning of Babble | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈbæb.(ə)l

Definitions

Idle talk; senseless prattle
uncountable, usually
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
uncountable, usually
A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية الضّجيج باح ثرثر غمغم هذر يبوح يثرثر يغمغم يهذر

Azərbaycanca çərənləmək

Български бръщолевя

Bosanski masa

Čeština blábol brblat brebentění žvatlat

Dansk ævle bavle mumle mumlen plapre pludre røbe vrøvle

Deutsch babbeln brabbeln Geplapper Gerede Gurgeln Murmeln Plappern Plätschern schwatzen

Ελληνικά κελαηδώ

Esperanto babiladi

Español balbuceo chacharear charla charlar charlatanear charlotear farfullar gorjeo jerigonza mascullar murmurar parlotear parloteo susurrar

فارسی دراییدن

Suomi höpistä höpöttää höpötys jokeltaa laverrella lörpötellä lörpöttely molotus paapatus pulina pulista solina solista

Français babil babillage babiller bavardage bavarder caqueter charabia galimatias jaboter jacasser jargon jargonner marmonner marmotter murmure murmurer papoter susurrer

Galego barballar esbardallar laretar parolar

ગુજરાતી બબડવું

עברית דיבור

हिन्दी बकना

Hrvatski masa

Magyar csobog csobogás

Íslenska babla blaðra fleipra út úr sér hjala kjafta frá mála más mása niða niður tala of mikið vera með heimskuhjal þvæla

Italiano balbettio blaterare chiacchierare ciancia ciarlare cicalare gorgoglio

ქართული ყბედობა

한국어 옹알거리다 재잘거리다 중얼거리다

Kurdî maş masa

Latina blatero

Latviešu pļāpāt

Te Reo Māori kohe

Nederlands babbelen brabbelen kabbelen kletsen murmelen prietpraat

Polski bełkot gaworzenie gaworzyć gwar paplać paplanie szemrać szmer

Português balbuciação balbuciar murmurar murmúrio papo

Русский болтать болтовня бормотание бормотать журчание журчать лепет лепетать трёп трепаться

Српски masa

Svenska babbel babbla bludder munväder pjoller pladder pladdra porla

Українська базарити базі́кати бурмота́ти бурмоті́ти галамагати

Tiếng Việt bập bẹ bi bô lảm nhảm lào xào lao xao rì rào róc rách tiết lộ

Examples

“This is mere moral babble.”

Comus

“[M]an has an instinctive tendency to speak, as we see in the babble of our young children; whilst no child has an instinctive tendency to brew, bake, or write.”

“[T]he babble of the stream / Fell, and without the steady glare / Shrank the sick olive sere and small.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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