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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ba•bel /ˈbeɪbəl, ˈbæbəl/USA pronunciation n. - [count;
usually singular] a confused mixture of sounds or voices:a babel of delegates' voices.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ba•bel (bā′bəl, bab′əl),USA pronunciation n. - Biblean ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
- (usually l.c.) a confused mixture of sounds or voices.
- (usually l.c.) a scene of noise and confusion.
Ba•bel•ic (bā bel′ik, ba-),USA pronunciation adj. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tumult, turmoil, uproar, bedlam, clamor.
Ba•bel (bab′əl; Russ. bä′byil),USA pronunciation n. I•saak Em•ma•nu•i•lo•vich (ī′zək; Russ. ē säk′ yi mə no̅o̅ yē′lə vyich),USA pronunciation 1894–1941, Russian author.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Babel /ˈbeɪbəl/ n - Also called: Tower of Babel a tower presumptuously intended to reach from earth to heaven, the building of which was frustrated when Jehovah confused the language of the builders (Genesis 11:1–9)
- (often not capital) a confusion of noises or voices
- a scene of noise and confusion
Etymology: from Hebrew Bābhél, from Akkadian Bāb-ilu, literally: gate of God Babel /Russian: ˈbabɪl/ n - Issak Emmanuilovich (iˈsak imənuˈiləvitʃ) 1894–1941, Russian short-story writer, whose works include Stories from Odessa(1924) and Red Cavalry (1926)
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