babbler

English

Etymology

From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈbæb(ə)lə(ɹ)]

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

babbler (plural babblers)

Pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis) (sense 2)

1. Someone who babbles.
   • 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:

     Great babblers, or talkers, are […] not fit […] for trust.

2. Any of several passerine birds, of the families Leiothrichidae, Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (found in Asia and Africa), and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).
3. (dated) A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:chatterbox

Derived terms

• Australo-Papuan babbler
• Bengal babbler
• black-browed babbler
• black-capped babbler
• glissando babbler
• grey-chested babbler
• ground babbler
• jewel-babbler
• jungle babbler
• psychobabbler
• rail-babbler
• scimitar babbler
• shrike-babbler
• Sikkim wedge-billed babbler
• striated babbler
• tit-babbler
• white-headed babbler
• wren-babbler
• yellow-eyed babbler

Translations

someone who babbles

• Finnish: lörppö (fi), lörpöttelijä (fi), lavertelija (fi), höpöttäjä; jokeltaja, pälpättäjä
• French: babillard (fr) m; babillarde (fr) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: φλύαρος m (phlúaros)

• Irish: cabaire m
• Kazakh: даңдақ (daŋdaq), езмалта (ezmalta), көкіме (kökime), қырт (qırt), мылжың (mıljıŋ), тантық (tantıq)
• Latin: blatero m
• Macedonian: дрдорко m (drdorko), баботач m (babotač)
• Māori: ngutu pī, komarero, ngutupī
• Norman: fliaûneux m
• Russian: пустомеля (ru) (pustomelja)
• Spanish: balbuceador

bird

• Catalan: timàlia f (Timaliidae), cridaner (ca) m (Pomatostomidae)
• Finnish: timali (fi) (Timaliidae); australiantimali (Pomatostomidae)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} þvaðrari m, ^{(please verify)} skrafskjóða f, ^{(please verify)} vaðalsgepill m, ^{(please verify)} vaðlari m
• Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} yar'an-nul

References

• babbler on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sylvioidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sylvioidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• blabber, brabble