From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2010]
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], also [ang], from [en], [gmw-pro], variants of [gmw-pro],
from [en], from [en], perhaps a reduplication of [ine-pro], or a variant of
[en], or a merger of the two, possibly ultimately [en]/mimicry of infantile
sounds (compare [en], [en]).
Cognate with [stq], [fy], [nl], [nds-de], [de], [da], [da], [sv], [is].
Unrelated to [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[Baby 5 months old gabbling laughing practising voice.ogg] [en-verb]
1. [en] To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sound s
2. [en] To talk incoherently ; to utter meaningless words.
3. [en] To talk too much; to chatter ; to prattle .
4. * 2022 , Slipknot, _The Dying Song (Time To Sing)_
5. *: Radical rather than rhetorical, BABBLE like an oracle
6. [en] To make a continuous murmur ing noise, like shallow water running over stones.
7. * [poem=Extracts from Descriptive Sketches]
8. [en] To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
9. * [year=1733]
10. [en] To reveal ; to give away (a secret).
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[to utter words indistinctly]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek:
- Hindi: [hi]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is] , [is] , [is] , [is]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[to talk incoherently]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Greek:
- Italian: [it]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[to talk much]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da] , [da] , [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr] ,
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is] , [is] , [is] , [is] , [is] , [is] , [is] , [is]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[to make a continuous murmuring noise]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv] , [lv]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[to utter in an indistinct or incoherent way]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Maori: [mi]
[trans-bottom]
[to disclose by too free talk]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[-]
1. Idle talk; senseless prattle
2. * [line=823]
3. Inarticulate speech ; constant or confused murmur .
4. * [volume=I]
5. A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
6. * [poem=Mariana in the South]
**** Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:chatter
**** Hyponyms
{{col4|en |astrobabble |bizbabble |econobabble |edu-babble |neurobabble
|niggerbabble |psychobabble |sociobabble |technobabble }}
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[idle talk]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka] , [ka] , [ka] , [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is] , [is] , [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[inarticulate speech]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is] , [is] , [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [of children]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[the sound of flowing water]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
- [en]
*** References
- [R:Webster 1913]
[en] [en] [en]
** German
*** Verb
[de]
1. [de]