noun
Meaning 1
Someone who babbles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
babbler
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: [ˈbæb(ə)lə(ɹ)]
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: B AE1 B L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any of several passerine birds, of the families Leiothrichidae, Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (found in Asia and Africa), and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cackler
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oscine, oscine bird
noun
Meaning 5
an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chatterer, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
History
Etymology
From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble + -er.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: lörppö — someone who babbles
- Finnish: lörpöttelijä — someone who babbles
- Finnish: lavertelija — someone who babbles
- Finnish: höpöttäjä — someone who babbles
- Finnish: jokeltaja — someone who babbles
- Finnish: pälpättäjä — someone who babbles
- French: babillard — someone who babbles
- French: babillarde — someone who babbles
- Ancient Greek: φλύαρος (phlúaros) — someone who babbles
- Irish: cabaire — someone who babbles
- Kazakh: даңдақ (dañdaq) — someone who babbles
- Kazakh: езмалта (ezmalta) — someone who babbles
- Kazakh: көкіме (kökıme) — someone who babbles
- Kazakh: қырт (qyrt) — someone who babbles
- Kazakh: мылжың (myljyñ) — someone who babbles
- Kazakh: тантық (tantyq) — someone who babbles
- Latin: blatero — someone who babbles
- Macedonian: дрдорко (drdorko) — someone who babbles
- Macedonian: баботач (babotač) — someone who babbles
- Māori: ngutu pī — someone who babbles
- Māori: komarero — someone who babbles
- Māori: ngutupī — someone who babbles
- Norman: fliaûneux — someone who babbles
- Russian: пустомеля (pustomelja) — someone who babbles
- Spanish: balbuceador — someone who babbles
- Catalan: timàlia — bird
- Catalan: cridaner — bird
- Finnish: timali — bird
- Finnish: australiantimali — bird