babelic
bəl, ˈbæb noun
1.
2.
( usually lowercase ) a confused mixture of sounds or voices.
3.
( usually lowercase ) a scene of noise and confusion.
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Babel1 (ˈbeɪbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Old Testament |
| a. 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) | |
| b. the city, probably Babylon, in which this tower was supposedly built | |
| 2. | (often not capital) |
| a. a confusion of noises or voices | |
| b. a scene of noise and confusion | |
| [from Hebrew Bābhél, from Akkadian Bāb-ilu, literally: gate of God] | |
| Babel2 (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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Word Origin & History
Babel
capital of Babylon, late 14c., from Heb. Babhel (Gen. ix), from Akkadian bab-ilu "Gate of God" (from bab "gate" + ilu "god"). The name is a translation of Sumerian Ka-dingir. Meaning "confused medley of sounds" (1520s) is from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel.
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