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Meaning of Babble | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈbæb.(ə)l

Definitions

  1. Idle talk; senseless prattle
    uncountable, usually
  2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
    uncountable, usually
  3. 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 mala 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
Gàidhlig gob
Galego barballar esbardallar laretar parolar
ગુજરાતી બબડવું
עברית דיבור
हिन्दी बकना
Hrvatski mala 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 alieniloquium 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 mala masa
Svenska babbel babbla bludder munväder pjoller pladder pladdra porla
Українська базарити базі́кати бурмота́ти бурмоті́ти галамагати
Tiếng Việt bập bẹ bi bô lảm nhảm lao xao lào xào 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

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

babble word babble-word Babbled babblement babblemouth Babbler

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