BABEL


Meaning of BABEL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbā-bəl, ˈba- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Hebrew Bābhel, from Akkadian bāb-ilu gate of god

Date: 14th century

1. : a city in Shinar where the building of a tower is held in Genesis to have been halted by the confusion of tongues

2. often not capitalized

a. : a confusion of sounds or voices

b. : a scene of noise or confusion

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.