English-Thai Dictionary

babel

N เสียง คุย จ้อกแจ้ก จอแจ  เสียง คุย กัน อึกทึก  noise racket siang-khui-jok-jaek-jor-chae

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BABEL

n.[Heb. ] Confusion; disorder.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BABEL

Ba "bel, n. Etym: [Heb. Babel, the name of the capital of Babylonia; in Genesis associated with the idea of "confusion "]

 

1. The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place. Therefore is the name of it called Babel. Gen. xi. 9.

 

2. Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages. That babel of strange heathen languages. Hammond. The grinding babel of the street. R. L. Stevenson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

babel

ba bel |ˈbabəl, ˈbā -ˌbeɪb (ə )l | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a confused noise, typically that made by a number of voices: the babel of voices on the road. • a scene of noisy confusion. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Babel (see Tower of Babel ), where, according to the biblical story in Gen. 11:4 –9, God made the builders all speak different languages.

 

Babel, Tower of

Ba bel, Tower of see Tower of Babel.

 

babelicious

ba be li cious |ˌbābəˈliSHəs, ˌbab- ˌbeɪbəˈlɪʃəs | ▶adjective informal (of a woman ) sexually very attractive. ORIGIN 1992: coined in the film Wayne's World .

 

Oxford Dictionary

babel

babel |ˈbeɪb (ə )l | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a confused noise made by a number of voices: the babel of voices on the road. • a confused situation. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Babel (see Tower of Babel ), where, according to the biblical story, God made the builders all speak different languages.

 

Babel, Tower of

Babel, Tower of see Tower of Babel.

 

babelicious

babelicious |ˌbeɪbˈlɪʃəs | ▶adjective N. Amer. informal (of a woman ) very sexually attractive. ORIGIN 1992: coined in the film Wayne's World .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

babel

babel noun I can't hear you above this babel: clamor, din, racket, confused noise, tumult, uproar, hubbub; babble, babbling, shouting, yelling, screaming; informal hullabaloo.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

babel

babel noun the babel of a furious crowd: clamour, din, racket, confused noise, tumult, uproar, hubbub; babble, babbling, shouting, yelling, screaming; commotion, chaos, bedlam, pandemonium, confusion; Scottish & N. English stramash; informal hullabaloo; Brit. informal row; rare charivari. ANTONYMS silence.

 

Duden Dictionary

Babel

Ba bel Babylon |B a bel |

 

Babel

Ba bel Substantiv, Neutrum selten , das |B a bel |das Babel; Genitiv: des Babels, Plural: die Babel hebräisch B a vęl für griechisch Babylon < babylonisch bābilāni = Pforte der Götter 1 Ort des Lasters, der Verworfenheit; Sündenbabel 2 abwertend Stadt, in der viele verschiedene Sprachen gesprochen werden New York ist ein Babel

 

Spanish Dictionary

babel

babel nombre ambiguo 1 Lugar o situación donde hay gran confusión y desorden, generalmente provocados por un gran número de personas hablando a la vez .También torre de Babel .2 Gran confusión y desorden en un lugar o en algo :el último bastión se desenvuelve en una babel de asignaturas y cursos con poca más ayuda de la que le proporcionan los libros de la editorial .Suele escribirse con mayúscula .

 

babélico, -ca

babélico, -ca adjetivo 1 De la torre de Babel o relacionado con ella .2 Que es confuso o crea confusión :era imposible entenderse con ese ruido babélico de cubiertos, platos y comensales poco atentos .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

babel

ba bel /béɪb (ə )l , ｟米 ｠bǽb -/名詞 1 〖B- 〗〘聖書 〙バベル (の都 )｟Babylonのヘブライ語名 ｠; バベルの塔 (the Tower of Babel ) 〘昔Babylonで人間が天まで届かせようと建て始めた塔; 神は怒って人間同士の言葉を通じなくさせ, 以来言語がさまざまになったとされる; 不可能な計画, 人間のおごりの象徴 〙.2 〖単数形で 〗わけのわからない話し声, ざわめき (babble ).3 〖単数形で 〗喧噪 （けんそう ）の場, 騒々しい人々の集まり ; 混乱 .