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Webster 1913 Edition


Babel

Ba′bel

,
Noun.
[Heb.
Bābel
, 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.
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Babel

BA'BEL

,
Noun.
[Heb.] Confusion; disorder.

Definition 2024


bąbel

bąbel

See also: babel and Babel

Polish

Noun

bąbel m inan (diminutive bąbelek)

  1. bubble (spherically contained volume of air in a liquid)
  2. blister (fluid contained between the layers of the skin)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (bubble): bańka
  • (blister): pęcherz

Noun

bąbel m pers

  1. (colloquial, affectionate) a young child, usually a boy; junior