adj
Meaning 1
That babbles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
babbling
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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CMU ARPABET: B AE1 B AH0 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: B AE1 B L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Idle senseless talk; prattle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A confused murmur, as of a stream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of babble
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 7
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: babble, lallation
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Broader terms: gibberish, gibber
History
Etymology
From Middle English bablyng, babelynge, babelinde, equivalent to babble + -ing.
From Middle English bablyng, babelynge, equivalent to babble + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: jokeltelu — a stage in child language acquisition
- Finnish: jokellus — sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
- Finnish: jokeltelu — sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
- French: balbutiement — sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
- Polish: gaworzenie (n) — sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
- Spanish: balbuceo — sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
- Swedish: joller — sounds produced by infant during the babbling period