noun · countable / uncountable · rare

prate

prate · prates

болтовня, пустословие, трёп

Geschwätz

Talk to little purposeTalk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.

/pɹeɪt/

» She prated on and on about how ugly her split ends made her look.

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
Geschwätz
болтовня́boltovnjá, пустосло́виеpustoslóvije, трёпtrjop

More definitions

idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

Examples

1 sentences

She prated on and on about how ugly her split ends made her look.
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

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Deutsch

By meaning 1

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Origin

From Middle English praten; either inherited from Old English prætt or borrowed via Middle

From Middle English praten; either inherited from Old English prætt or borrowed via Middle Dutch or Middle Low German praten (from Old Saxon *pratt), all from Proto-West Germanic *prattu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bred- (“to wander, rove”).

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