Babel

Такође погледајте: babel, bąbel, и Bąbel

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Енглески

Систем

ен+нг=енг

Etymology

From Латински Babel, from Biblical Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel, “Babylon”), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim); in Genesis associated with the idea of confusion. Дублети of Babylon.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) МФА^(кључ): /ˈbeɪ.bl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) МФА^(кључ): /ˈbæb.l̩/
• (Canada) МФА^(кључ): /ˈbeɪ.bl̩/, /ˈbæb.l̩/
• Риме: -eɪbəl, -æbəl

Proper noun

Babel

1. (biblical) The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 11:9, column 2:

     Therefore is the name of it called Babel […]

Translations

Biblical city and tower

• Dutch: Babel n
• German: Babel (de) m
• Indonesian: Babel
• Japanese: バベル (Baberu)
• Korean: 바벨 (ko) (Babel)
• Polish: Babel (pl) f
• Spanish: Babel ?

Noun

Babel (plural Babels)

1. A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages. [from 16th c.]
   • 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 48:

     A babel of languages could be heard in the streets and the squares, mingling with the local Provençal.

2. A place or scene of noise and confusion. [from 16th c.]
3. A tall, looming structure. [from 16th c.]

Alternative forms

• babel

Derived terms

• Babeldom
• Babelesque
• Babel fish
• Babelian
• Babelish
• babelization
• tower of Babel

 

See also

• Wiktionary Babel for user pages

Anagrams

• Bable, Labbe ^{(alphagram abbel)}

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch babel, from Латински Babel, from Biblical Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel, “Babylon”), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈbaː.bəl/

• Audio:

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• Хифенација: Ba‧bel

Proper noun

Babel n

1. Babel

   Синоним: Babylon

Derived terms

• Babels

Related terms

• Babylon

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Немачки

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈbaːbl̩/

Proper noun

Babel

1. (biblical) Babel

Declension

Declension of Babel [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Babel
genitive	des	Babels, Babel1
dative	dem	Babel
accusative	das	Babel

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Sündenbabel

Further reading

• Babel у Duden на интернету
• “Babel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• Хифенација: Ba‧bel

Etymology 1

From Холандски Babel, from Middle Dutch babel, from Латински Babel, from Biblical Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel, “Babylon”), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).

Proper noun

1. Babel

Derived terms

• menara Babel

Related terms

• Babilon
• Babilonia

Etymology 2

Proper noun

1. Скраћеница од Kepulauan Bangka Belitung (“Bangka Belitung Islands”).

Further reading

• “Babel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Babel на the Indonesian Википедији.Википедији ^id

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Пољски

Etymology

Learned borrowing из Латински Babel, from Biblical Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠. Дублети of Babilon and Babilonia.

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈba.bɛl/

• Audio:

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• Риме: -abɛl
• Syllabification: Ba‧bel

Proper noun

1. (heraldry, historical) Polish coat of arms of the nobility granted in the Austrian Partition
2. (biblical) Babel Галицијски

   Синоним: wieża Babel

Further reading

• Babel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Babel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Шпански

Etymology

Позајмљено од Латински Babel, from Biblical Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel, “Babylon”), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim, “gate of God”).

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /baˈbel/ [baˈβ̞el]
• Риме: -el
• Syllabification: Ba‧bel

Proper noun

Babel ?

1. Babel (city and tower)

Derived terms

• babélico
• Torre de Babel

 

Related terms

• Babilonia