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Meaning of gobbledygook | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk

Definitions

  1. Chinese
  2. Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
    informal, uncountable, usually
  3. Chinese person
  4. Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.
    informal, uncountable, usually
  5. gobbledygook (an incomprehensible language)
  6. a Chinese-run establishment a Chinese restaurant

Equivalents

Čeština hatmatilka
Dansk kaudervælsk sludder vrøvl
Deutsch aufgeblasenes Gesülze Fachchinesisch Geschwafel geschwollenes Zeug Gibberisch Gromolo Kauderwelsch
Ελληνικά αλαμπουρνέζικα κορακίστικα
Esperanto galimatio
Español chino
Suomi diibadaaba hölynpöly kapulakieli liirumlaarum
Français charabia galimatias gloubi-boulga
Gàidhlig blialam
Magyar halandzsa maszlag
Bahasa Indonesia bahasa planet
Italiano burocratese fesserie idiozie sciocchezze supercazzola
日本語 珍紛漢紛
Kurdî volapûk
Latina deliramentum ineptiae
Nederlands koeterwaals
Polski bajtałachy bełkot volapük
Português algaravia
Русский галиматья
Svenska dravel gallimatias goja rappakalja strunt struntprat

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

gobbledygooker gobbler gobbling gobblygook gobbo gobby

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