"prattler" meaning in All languages combined

See prattler on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹætələ(ɹ)/ Forms: prattlers [plural]
Etymology: From prattle + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|prattle|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From prattle + -er., {{ety|en|:af|prattle|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English prattle Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English prattler From prattle + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} prattler (plural prattlers)
  1. One who prattles or is inclined to do so. Translations (someone who prattles): ordgyder [common-gender] (Danish), Schwatzmaul [neuter, pejorative] (German), gliogaire [masculine] (Irish), komarero (Māori), arero kapekapetau (Māori), mpayukaji (Swahili), 𗀁𗢯 (alt: *sa lhjwa¹) (Tangut), luspikan [feminine, masculine, pejorative] (Volapük), hiluspikan [masculine] (Volapük), jiluspikan [feminine] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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