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BABBLEMENT

Definition: BABBLEMENT

BABBLEMENT

Noun

1. Babble.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Synonyms within Context: BABBLEMENT

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Conversation

Causerie, chat, chitchat; small talk, table talk, teatable talk, town talk, village talk, idle talk; tattle, gossip, tittle-tattle; babble, babblement; tripotage, cackle, prittle-prattle, cancan, on dit; talk of the town, talk of the village.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translations: BABBLEMENT

Language Translations for "BABBLEMENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

gugatje (babble, coo, crow). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φλυαρία (babble, cackle, chatter, chin wagging, chit chat, claptrap, gab, gabble, garrulity, garrulousness, loquacity, palaver, prate, prattle, prittle prattle, rattle, tittle tattle, yapp). (various references)

   

Italian

  

balbettamento (babble, syllabic alalia). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abblementbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

balbucio (attempt, babble, babbling, try), murmúrio (brawl, breath, breeze, bubble, buzz, chatter, croon, embroidery, groan, grumble, gurgle, murmur, mutter, purl, ripple, sough, susurration, whisper, whispering), conversa tola (prate). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

лепет (lisp). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

brbljanje (blabber, blather, gab, gibber, jive, prattle, twaddle), tepanje, žamorenje (sough, whispering). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

balbuceo (babble, babbling, lisp, mumble, prattle, splutter, stammer). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

babbel (babble, crosstalk noise, gabble, gibber, multiple crosstalk, prattle). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: BABBLEMENT

Derivations

Words beginning with "BABBLEMENT": babblements. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "BABBLEMENT"

Words rhyming with "BABBLEMENT" (pronounced 'Bab"ble*ment'): Abandonment, Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abiliment, Abjurement, Abodement, Abolishment, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Acclimatement, Accompaniment, Accomplishment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accouplement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acharnement, Acknowledgment, Acquirement, Acquitment, Additament, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjument, Adjustment, Admonishment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advertisement, Advisement, Affamishment, Affeerment, Afforcement, Afforciament, Affordment, Affranchisement, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggrandizement, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Ambushment, Amendment, Amercement, Amerciament, Amortizement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Antepredicament, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Apportionment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Appropriament, Arbitrament, Armament, Arraignment, Arrestment, Arrondissement, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astonishment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attemperament, Attemperment, Attendement, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avertiment, Avisement, Avouchment, Awakenment, Bafflement, Bailment, Balancement, Banishment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Battlement, Bedevilment, Bedizenment, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Betterment, Bevelment, Bewailment, Bewilderment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bickerment, Biliment, Bisegment, Blandishment, Blastment, Blazonment, Blemishment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bouleversement, Brabblement, Branglement, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Cantonment, Capillament, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chastisement, Chatoyment, Cherishment, Cloyment, Coadjument, Coadjustment, Coagment, Coestablishment, Colliquament, Comfortment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Concrement, Condiment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contenement, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Couplement, Crassiment, Curtailment, Dazzlement, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Decipherment, Declarement, Decorament, Decorement, Decrement, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degarnishment, Degradement, Delayment, Delineament, Delirament, Demolishment, Denotement, D'enouement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Depriment, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, development, Devilment, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Diminishment, Dimplement, Diriment, Disablement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarmament, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disaugment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Discouragement, Discoverment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disembarrassment, Disembodiment, Disemboguement, Disembowelment, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disencouragement, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disentanglement, Disenthrallment, Disestablishment, Disfigurement, Disfranchisement, Disfurnishment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disheartenment, Disillusionment, Disimprovement, Disinteressment, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Dismemberment, Disobligement, Disownment, Disparagement, Dispatchment, Dispiritment, Disportment, Disposement, Disquietment, Dissepiment, Dissettlement, Disseverment, Distemperment, Distillment, Distinguishment, Divergement, Divertisement, Divertissement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Dreariment, Dwindlement, Easement, Eclaircissement, 'Ecrasement, Effacement, Eggement, Ejectment, Eliquament, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embarrassment, Embasement, Embattlement, Embayment, Embedment, Embellishment, Embezzlement, Embitterment, Emblazonment, Emblement, Embodiment, Emboitement, Embossment, Embowelment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Emolument, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Empoisonment, Empressement, Enablement, Enactment, Enamorment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encomberment, Encompassment, Encouragement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encumberment, Encystment, Endamagement, Endangerment, Endearment, Endeavorment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeeblement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Enfranchisement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment, Engrailment. (additional references)

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Anagrams: BABBLEMENT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-b-b-e-e-l-m-n-t"

-3 letters: lambent, teleman, tenable.

-4 letters: babble, baleen, batmen, beaten, bemean, bename, enable, enamel, lament, lateen, mantel, mantle, mental.

-5 letters: abele, amble, ament, anele, babel, betel, blame, blate, bleat, blent, eaten, ebbet, elate, enate, enema, laten, leant, leben, leman, meant, menta, metal, table, telae.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-b-b-e-e-l-m-n-t"
 

+1 letter: babblements.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BABBLEMENT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 41 42 42 4C 45 4D 45 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .-    -...    -...    .-..    .    --    .    -.    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000001 01000010 01000010 01001100 01000101 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#66 &#66 &#76 &#69 &#77 &#69 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 0042 0042 004C 0045 004D 0045 004E 0054

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36353636463947394854

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Derivations
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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