gibberish

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• /ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/
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First attested mid-16th century. Origin obscure. Possibly from *gibber, of onomatopoeic origin imitating to the sound of chatter, possibly from or influenced by jabber, + -ish denoting the name of a language (compare English, Finnish, Spanish, etc.). The verb gibber, first attested circa 1600, is usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish.

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: dërdëllisje — unintelligible speech or writing
• Arabic: رَطَانَة (raṭāna) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Armenian: դատարկաբանություն (datarkabanutʻyun) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Armenian: ցնորք (cʻnorkʻ) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Azerbaijani: çərən-pərən — unintelligible speech or writing
• Belarusian: тараба́ршчына (tarabárščyna) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Breton: gregach — unintelligible speech or writing
• Bulgarian: безсми́слица (bezsmíslica) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Chinese Mandarin: 亂語 /乱语 (luànyǔ) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Chinese Mandarin: 胡言亂語 /胡言乱语 (húyán luànyǔ) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Chinese Mandarin: 胡話 /胡话 (húhuà) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Czech: páté přes deváté — unintelligible speech or writing
• Czech: hatmatilka — unintelligible speech or writing
• Czech: galimatyáš — unintelligible speech or writing
• Danish: vrøvl — unintelligible speech or writing
• Danish: volapyk — unintelligible speech or writing
• Danish: kaudervælsk — unintelligible speech or writing
• Danish: nonsens — unintelligible speech or writing
• Dutch: gewauwel — unintelligible speech or writing
• Dutch: koeterwaals — unintelligible speech or writing
• Dutch: wartaal — unintelligible speech or writing
• Dutch: gebrabbel — unintelligible speech or writing
• Esperanto: galimatio — unintelligible speech or writing
• Esperanto: volapukaĵo — unintelligible speech or writing
• Finnish: siansaksa — unintelligible speech or writing
• Finnish: heprea — unintelligible speech or writing
• French: baragouin — unintelligible speech or writing
• French: charabia — unintelligible speech or writing
• French: chinois — unintelligible speech or writing
• French: galimatias — unintelligible speech or writing
• Galician: chinés — unintelligible speech or writing
• Georgian: გაუგებარი მეტყველება (gaugebari meṭq̇veleba) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Georgian: გაუგებარი ყბედობა (gaugebari q̇bedoba) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Georgian: აბდაუბდა (abdaubda) — unintelligible speech or writing
• German: Kauderwelsch — unintelligible speech or writing
• German: Kokolores — unintelligible speech or writing
• German: Gequassel — unintelligible speech or writing
• German: Geschwafel — unintelligible speech or writing
• Greek: ασυναρτησίες (asynartisíes) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Greek: αλαμπουρνέζικα (alampournézika) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Greek: κινέζικα (kinézika) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Hebrew: קַשְׁקֶשֶׁת f גִ׳יבְּרִישׁ (kaškešet) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Hungarian: badarság — unintelligible speech or writing
• Hungarian: zagyvaság — unintelligible speech or writing
• Hungarian: halandzsa — unintelligible speech or writing
• Hungarian: bikkfanyelv — unintelligible speech or writing
• Icelandic: djöflaþýska — unintelligible speech or writing
• Icelandic: golfranska — unintelligible speech or writing
• Ido: jargono — unintelligible speech or writing
• Indonesian: pepesan kosong — unintelligible speech or writing
• Indonesian: bahasa raban — unintelligible speech or writing
• Irish: gibiris — unintelligible speech or writing
• Italian: farfuglio — unintelligible speech or writing
• Italian: borbottio — unintelligible speech or writing
• Italian: baggianata — unintelligible speech or writing
• Italian: corbelleria — unintelligible speech or writing
• Italian: ostrogoto — unintelligible speech or writing
• Italian: arabo — unintelligible speech or writing
• Japanese: でたらめ (detarame) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Japanese: 珍紛漢紛 (chinpunkanpun) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Japanese: ちんぷんかんぷん (chinpunkanpun) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Kashubian: bùlbòt — unintelligible speech or writing
• Korean: 횡설수설 (hoengseolsuseol) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Limburgish: krièmerwelsj — unintelligible speech or writing
• Macedonian: брборење (brborenje) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Macedonian: баботење (babotenje) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Māori: kōrero hunuru — unintelligible speech or writing
• Māori: reo kihi — unintelligible speech or writing
• Māori: kunanu — unintelligible speech or writing
• Norwegian Bokmål: vrøvl — unintelligible speech or writing
• Norwegian Bokmål: vås — unintelligible speech or writing
• Norwegian Bokmål: kaudervelsk — unintelligible speech or writing
• Norwegian Bokmål: sprøyt — unintelligible speech or writing
• Norwegian Bokmål: sludder — unintelligible speech or writing
• Norwegian Bokmål: gresk — unintelligible speech or writing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gresk — unintelligible speech or writing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: labbelensk — unintelligible speech or writing
• Polish: jazgot — unintelligible speech or writing
• Polish: bełkot — unintelligible speech or writing
• Polish: bajdura — unintelligible speech or writing
• Portuguese: algaravia — unintelligible speech or writing
• Portuguese: grego — unintelligible speech or writing
• Russian: тараба́рщина (tarabárščina) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Russian: невня́тность (nevnjátnostʹ) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Russian: белиберда́ (beliberdá) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Russian: галиматья́ (galimatʹjá) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Russian: абракада́бра (abrakadábra) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Russian: пти́чий язы́к (ptíčij jazýk) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Scottish Gaelic: goileam — unintelligible speech or writing
• Spanish: algarabía — unintelligible speech or writing
• Spanish: farfulla — unintelligible speech or writing
• Spanish: monserga — unintelligible speech or writing
• Spanish: guirigay — unintelligible speech or writing
• Swedish: nonsens — unintelligible speech or writing
• Swedish: rotvälska — unintelligible speech or writing
• Swedish: gallimatias — unintelligible speech or writing
• Swedish: grekiska — unintelligible speech or writing
• Tagalog: alimim — unintelligible speech or writing
• Tagalog: alim-im — unintelligible speech or writing
• Turkish: saçmalık — unintelligible speech or writing
• Ottoman Turkish: صاچمه (saçma) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Ukrainian: тараба́рщина (tarabárščyna) — unintelligible speech or writing
• Arabic: ثَرْثَرَة (ṯarṯara) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Arabic: بَرْبَرَة (barbara) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Bulgarian: техни́чески жарго́н (tehníčeski žargón) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Chinese Mandarin: 亂語 /乱语 (luànyǔ) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Chinese Mandarin: 胡言亂語 /胡言乱语 (húyán luànyǔ) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Chinese Mandarin: 胡話 /胡话 (húhuà) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Czech: hatmatilka — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Czech: ptydepe — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Dutch: visserslatijn — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Finnish: heprea — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Finnish: munkkilatina — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Georgian: გაუგებარი (gaugebari) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Georgian: ტექნიკური ენა (ṭekniḳuri ena) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• German: Fachchinesisch — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Japanese: ちんぷんかんぷん (chinpunkanpun) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Polish: jazgot — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Polish: bełkot — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Portuguese: jargão — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Russian: тараба́рщина (tarabárščina) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Russian: белиберда́ (beliberdá) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Russian: бессмы́слица (bessmýslica) — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Scottish Gaelic: goileam — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Spanish: galimatías — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Spanish: guirigay — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Swedish: fikonspråk — needlessly obscure or overly technical language
• Turkish: jargon — needlessly obscure or overly technical language