ba ‧ bel /ˈbeɪb ə l $ ˈbeɪ-, ˈbæ-/ BrE AmE noun [singular, uncountable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Tower of Babel , (in the Bible) tower in ancient Babylon whose builders made God angry, so he made them unable to understand each other's speech ]
the confusing sound of many voices talking together:
a babel of French and Italian