prattle

English

Etymology

prate +‎ -le (“early modern English frequentative suffix”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætəl

Verb

prattle (third-person singular simple present prattles, present participle prattling, simple past and past participle prattled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To speak incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble.

Derived terms

• prattler
• prattlingly

Translations

to talk incessantly; to babble

• Asturian: esbabayar (ast)
• Danish: plapre (da), pludre (da)
• Dutch: praten (nl)
• Finnish: pälättää (fi)

• French: bavarder (fr)
• Hungarian: csacsog (hu)
• Russian: болтать (ru) (boltatʹ)

Noun

prattle (uncountable)

1. Silly, childish, talk; babble.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:nonsense
• See also Wikisaurus:chatter

Translations

babble

• Asturian: esbabaye (ast) m
• Finnish: pälätys (fi)

• Scottish Gaelic: goileam (gd) m

References

• prattle, in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000

Anagrams

• partlet
• platter