Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 64752 6949103 2009-07-07T02:24:11Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations ==English== ===Etymology=== Confer Late German ''[[babbeln]]''; {{etyl|nl}} ''[[babbelen]]''; German ''[[bappeln]]'', ''[[bappern]]''; {{etyl|fr}} ''[[babiller]]''; Italian ''[[babbolare]]''; probable origin, to keep saying ''ba'', imitative of a child learning to talk; confer ''[[tower of Babel]]''. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/bæb.əl/}} * {{audio|en-us-babble.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|æbəl}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|-}} # [[idle|Idle]] talk; [[senseless]] [[prattle]]; [[gabble]]; [[twaddle]]. #* "This is mere moral '''babble'''." [[w:John Milton|John Milton]]. # [[inarticulate|Inarticulate]] [[speech]], such as was used at the building the tower of Babel; constant or confused [[murmur]]. #:* The '''babble''' of our young children. - [[w:Darwin|Darwin]]. #:* The '''babble''' of the stream. - [[w:Alfred Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson]]. # A sound of or alike that which of [[flowing]] water. ====Synonyms==== * See also [[Wikisaurus:chatter]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|idle talk}} * German: [[Geplapper]] {{n}} * Icelandic: [[babl]] {{n}}, [[óskýrt tal]] {{n}}, [[heimskulegt þvaður]] {{n}}, [[mas]] {{n}} {{trans-mid}} * Swedish: [[babbel]], [[pladder]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|inarticulate speech}} * Dutch: [[brabbelen]], [[murmelen]] * German: [[Brabbeln]] {{n}}, [[Murmeln]] {{n}} {{trans-mid}} * Icelandic: [[babl]] {{n}}, [[óskýrt tal]] {{n}}, [[heimskulegt þvaður]] {{n}}, [[mas]] {{n}} * Swedish: [[babbel]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|the sound of flowing water}} * Icelandic: [[niður]] {{m}}, [[vatnsniður]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * [[babblement]] {{i|[[Hawthorne]]}} * [[babblery]] {{i|[[Sir Thomas More]]}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|babbl|ing}} # {{intransitive}} To [[utter]] words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter [[inarticulate]] [[sound]]s; as, a child ''babbles''. # {{intransitive}} To [[talk]] [[incoherently]]; to utter unmeaning words. # {{intransitive}} To talk much; to [[chatter]]; to [[prate]]. # {{intransitive}} To make a continuous [[murmur]]ing noise, as shallow water running over stones. #:* In every '''babbling''' brook he finds a friend. - [[w:William Wordsworth|William Wordsworth]]. #: ''Hounds are said to '''babble,''' or to be '''babbling,''' when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.'' # {{transitive}} To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding. #:* These words he used to '''babble''' in all companies. - [[w:John Arbuthnot|John Arbuthnot]]. # {{transitive}} To disclose by too free talk, as a secret. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to utter words indistinctly}} * German: [[brabbeln]], [[murmeln]] * Icelandic: [[babla]], [[masa]], [[þvæla]], [[mala]], [[blaðra]] {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[옹알거리다]] (ong-al-georida), [[중얼거리다]] (jung-eol-georida) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to talk much}} * German: [[schwätzen]], [[plappern]], [[babbeln]] * Icelandic: [[babla]], [[masa]], [[þvæla]], [[vera með heimskuhjal]], [[tala of mikið]], [[mala]], [[blaðra]], [[kjafta frá]], [[fleipra út úr sér]] {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[재잘거리다]] (jaejal-georida) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.}} * Dutch: [[kabbelen]] * German: [[plätschern]], [[gurgeln]] {{trans-mid}} * Icelandic: [[niða]], [[hjala]] * Korean: [[옹알거리다]] (ong-al-georida), [[중얼거리다]] (jung-eol-georida) {{trans-bottom}} ===References=== * {{R:1913}} [[Category:Onomatopoeia]] [[Category:Reduplication]] [[Category:Talking]] [[de:babble]] [[el:babble]] [[fa:babble]] [[fr:babble]] [[io:babble]] [[hu:babble]] [[mn:babble]] [[pl:babble]] [[fi:babble]] [[ta:babble]] [[te:babble]] [[vi:babble]] [[zh:babble]]