babbler

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): [ˈbæb(ə)lə(ɹ)]
- Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

babbler (plural babblers)

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

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:chatterbox

Derived terms

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
Macedonian: дрдорко m (drdorko), баботач m (babotač)
Maori: ngutu pī, komarero, ngutupī
Norman: fliaûneux m
Spanish: balbuceador

bird

Catalan: timàlia f (Timaliidae), cridaner (ca) m (Pomatostomidae)
Finnish: timali (fi) (Timaliidae); australiantimali (Pomatostomidae)

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Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} þvaðrari m, ^{(please verify)} skrafskjóða f, ^{(please verify)} vaðalsgepill m, ^{(please verify)} vaðlari m
Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} yar'an-nul

References

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

Anagrams

blabber, brabble