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Synonyms for babel

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bab-uh l; Russian bah-byil
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæb əl; Russian ˈbɑ byɪl

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Définition of babel

Origin :
  • capital of Babylon, late 14c., from Hebrew Babhel (Gen. xi), from Akkadian bab-ilu "Gate of God" (from bab "gate" + ilu "god"). The name is a translation of Sumerian Ka-dingir. Meaning "confused medley of sounds" (1520s) is from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel.
  • noun confusion
Example sentences :
  • This stone was thrown at the sainted Stephen, and the other two are from the Tower of Babel.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Between its Babel towers narrow Nassau Street was like a canyon.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • "By Babel streams I have sat and wept" almost ever since I wrote you last.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • Marcia entered her mother's sitting-room in the midst of what seemed a babel of voices.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • It could scarcely be heard above the Babel of tongues which was sounding.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • There had been shrill cries, a babel of voices, a noise of kisses.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • On the contrary, he seemed quite at his ease in this Tower of Babel.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • There had been a moment's pause in the clamour of their babel as the door opened and Israel entered.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • There was a Babel of speech going on around, not one word of which I could understand.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
  • A fusillade of shots and a babel of yelling from outside interrupted his words.
  • Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman

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