babbler

English

Etymology

From Middle English babeler, babler, equivalent to babble +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈbæb(ə)lə(ɹ)]

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Noun

babbler (plural babblers)

1. Someone who babbles.
   • 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:

     Great babblers, or talkers, are […] not fit […] for trust.

2. Any of several passerine birds, of the families Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (both found in Asia, Africa) and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).
3. (dated) A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:chatterbox

Derived terms

• Bengal babbler
• jungle babbler
• psychobabbler
• scimitar babbler
• Sikkim wedge-billed babbler
• streaked wren-babbler
• striated babbler
• striped wren-babbler
• white-headed babbler

 

Translations

someone who babbles

• Finnish: lörppö (fi), lörpöttelijä (fi), lavertelija (fi), höpöttäjä; jokeltaja, pälpättäjä
• French: babillard (fr) m; babillarde (fr) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: φλύαρος m (phlúaros)

• Irish: cabaire m
• Latin: blatero m
• Maori: ngutu pī, komarero, ngutupī
• Norman: fliaûneux m
• Spanish: balbuceador

bird

• Finnish: timali (fi) (Timaliidae); australiantimali (Pomatostomidae)

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Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} þvaðrari m, ^{(please verify)} skrafskjóða f, ^{(please verify)} vaðalsgepill m, ^{(please verify)} vaðlari m

References

• babbler on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sylvioidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sylvioidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• blabber, brabble