babel

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Homonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• Babel

[edit] Etymology

From the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel.

[edit] Noun

babel (plural babels)

1. A place or scene of noise and confusion.
2. A confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.

   Quotations

   • That babel of strange heathen languages. - Hammond.
   • The grinding babel of the street - R. L. Stevenson.

[edit] Homonyms

• babble