rabble

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• /ˈɹæbəl/
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From Middle English rabel, probably from the verb (see above).

From Old French roable (modern French râble), from Latin rutabulum (“a poker”).

First attested since 1300s, from Middle English rablen (“to ramble; rave; speak in a confused manner”), cognate with Middle Dutch rabbelen (“to talk; chatter; trifle”), Low German rabbeln, robbeln (“to chatter; prattle”).

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: тълпа (tǎlpa) — a disorderly crowd
• Czech: dav — a disorderly crowd
• Czech: masa — a disorderly crowd
• Czech: horda — a disorderly crowd
• Finnish: väkijoukko — a disorderly crowd
• Finnish: ihmisjoukko — a disorderly crowd
• French: cohue — a disorderly crowd
• French: foule — a disorderly crowd
• Greek: όχλος (óchlos) — a disorderly crowd
• Greek: σκυλολόι (skylolói) — a disorderly crowd
• Hungarian: tömeg — a disorderly crowd
• Japanese: 烏合の衆 (ugō no shū) — a disorderly crowd
• Japanese: 有象無象 (uzou muzou) — a disorderly crowd
• Kikuyu: gĩcanjama — a disorderly crowd
• Lithuanian: gaujà — a disorderly crowd
• Polish: hołota — a disorderly crowd
• Polish: motłoch — a disorderly crowd
• Polish: hałastra — a disorderly crowd
• Russian: толпа́ (tolpá) — a disorderly crowd
• Russian: сброд (sbrod) — a disorderly crowd
• Russian: чернь (černʹ) — a disorderly crowd
• Russian: бы́дло (býdlo) — a disorderly crowd
• Spanish: turba — a disorderly crowd
• Bulgarian: простолюдие (prostoljudie) — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Catalan: gentalla — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Catalan: gentola — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Catalan: xurma — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Catalan: xusma — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Catalan: populatxo — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Catalan: trepa — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Catalan: gentussa — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Catalan: turba — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Catalan: patuleia — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Czech: lůza — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Czech: plebs — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Finnish: rahvas — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• French: populace — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• French: racaille — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• French: plèbe — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Galician: xentalla — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Galician: chusma — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Galician: xente bafúa — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• German: Pöbel — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Greek: αληταρία (alitaría) — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Ancient Greek: σύρφαξ (súrphax) — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Ancient Greek: συρφετός (surphetós) — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Hungarian: csőcselék — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Hungarian: csürhe — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Hungarian: söpredék — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Ido: raskalaro — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Italian: gentaglia — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Korean: 떨거지 (tteolgeoji) — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Latin: popellus — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Lithuanian: pãdugnės — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Macedonian: раја (raja) — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Polish: bydło — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Polish: męty — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Portuguese: gentalha — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Portuguese: ralé — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Portuguese: malta — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Russian: сброд (sbrod) — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Russian: чернь (černʹ) — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Russian: бы́дло n толпа́ (býdlo) — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Russian: простонаро́дье (prostonaródʹje) — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Spanish: gentuza — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Spanish: gentualla — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Spanish: chusma — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Spanish: gleba — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Spanish: patulea — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Spanish: gentecilla — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Spanish: populacho — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Spanish: plebe — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Spanish: turba — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Spanish: muchedumbre — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people
• Swedish: pöbel — the mass of common people; the lowest class of people