C2verb · transitive · rare

babble

babble · babbles · babbled · babbling

базікати, бурмотіти, галамагати, бурмотати

болтать, бормотать, лепетать, трепаться

murmeln, brabbeln, plappern, schwätzen

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligiblyTo utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds

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/ˈbæb.(ə)l/

» Tom doesn't seem to be babbling.

Непохоже, чтобы Том бормотал.

Meaning

6 senses

(intransitive)To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
The men were babbling, so we couldn't make sense of anything.
brabbeln, murmeln
бормота́тьbormotátʹ, лепета́тьlepetátʹ
базі́катиbazíkaty, галама́гатиhalamáhaty
utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
(intransitive)To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
бурмоті́тиburmotíty, бурмота́тиburmotáty, буркота́тиburkotáty
to talk foolishly
(intransitive)To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
She babbled on for hours about the importance of some new gadget.
schwätzen, plappern, babbeln
болта́тьboltátʹ, трепа́тьсяtrepátʹsja
базі́катиbazíkaty
(intransitive)To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.
Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
plätschern, gurgeln
журча́тьžurčátʹ
дзюрча́тиdzjurčáty, дзюркота́тиdzjurkotáty, дзюркоті́тиdzjurkotíty
(transitive)To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
(transitive)To reveal; to give away (a secret).

Examples

35 sentences

Tom doesn't seem to be babbling.
ruНепохоже, чтобы Том бормотал.
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I do tend to babble at times.
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It sounds like somebody who's just babbling.
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What're you babbling about?
ruО чём ты бормочешь?
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Would you stop babbling?
deWürdest du aufhören, zu plappern?
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

to utter words indistinctly:

to talk incoherently:

to make a continuous murmuring noise:

Русский

By meaning 3

to utter words indistinctly:

to talk too much:

to make a continuous murmuring noise:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to utter words indistinctly:

to talk too much:

to make a continuous murmuring noise:

Origin

From Middle English babelen, from Old English *bæblian, also wæflian (“to talk foolishly”)

From Middle English babelen, from Old English *bæblian, also wæflian (“to talk foolishly”), from Proto-West Germanic *bablōn, *wablōn, variants of *babalōn, from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, perhaps a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say”), or a variant of Proto-Indo-European *baba- (“to talk vaguely, mumble”), or a merger of the two, possibly ultimately onomatopoeic/mimicry of infantile sounds (compare babe, baby).

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