"rambling" meaning in All languages combined

See rambling on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rambling.wav
Rhymes: -æmblɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} rambling
  1. Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing. Synonyms (digressing): desultory Translations (long and digressing of a speech): langatmig (German), weitschweifend (German), abschweifend (German), palavernd (German), kāwekaweka (Maori), autaki (Maori), hikimoke (Maori), que se va por tangentes (Spanish), inconexo (Spanish), errante (Spanish), incoherente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rambling-en-adj-OCuwBdaL Disambiguation of 'digressing': 71 5 25 Disambiguation of 'long and digressing of a speech': 87 2 11
  2. Confused and irregular; awkward.
    Sense id: en-rambling-en-adj-lGAQegFS
  3. Winding irregularly in various directions.
    Sense id: en-rambling-en-adj-1YFVAeLw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 5 38 6 17 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 6 50 4 11 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 6 44 6 10 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 4 50 3 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 12 35 7 20 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 21 7 41 5 15 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 13 36 7 17 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 8 43 7 14 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 9 43 11 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 14 12 39 7 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 6 47 4 14 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 13 7 40 9 19 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 13 12 40 7 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 12 33 7 20 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 5 51 4 12 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 12 38 7 16 13

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rambling.wav Forms: ramblings [plural]
Rhymes: -æmblɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} rambling (plural ramblings)
  1. A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction. Translations (meandering talk): 漫无边际的讲话 (Chinese Mandarin), gebazel (Dutch), onsamenhangend gepraat (Dutch), jaaritus (Finnish), jaarittelu (Finnish), Palaver [neuter] (German), Gerede [neuter] (German), Geschwafel [neuter] (German), Sermon [masculine] (German), Weitschweifigkeit [feminine] (German), ασυνάρτητος λόγος (asynártitos lógos) [masculine] (Greek), rámhaille [feminine] (Irish), sproloquio [masculine] (Italian), rozwlekły [masculine] (Polish), divagación [feminine] (Spanish), perorata [feminine] (Spanish), monserga [feminine] (Spanish), babbel [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rambling-en-noun-mnBb2QSd Disambiguation of 'meandering talk': 93 7
  2. A gentle hike. Translations (gentle hiking): разходка (razhodka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), wandeltocht (Dutch), omzwerving (Dutch), kuljeskelu (Finnish), samoilu (Finnish), Wandern (German), Herumziehen (German), Spaziergang (German), Spazierengehen (German), περίπατος (perípatos) [masculine] (Greek), fánaíocht [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-rambling-en-noun-0sB2lKus Disambiguation of 'gentle hiking': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rambling rose

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rambling.wav
Rhymes: -æmblɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} rambling
  1. present participle and gerund of ramble Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: ramble Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-rambling-en-verb-ug7GxZDW Disambiguation of Talking: 13 11 22 7 12 35

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/",
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    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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          "ref": "1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:",
          "text": "Except that the house had an immensely large rambling loft at top, I made no other discoveries.",
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          "ref": "1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 353:",
          "text": "A long somewhat rambling branch, avoiding the places most likely to supply it with traffic, but not the centres of scenic interest, began at Letterkenny and reached the sea at Burtonport.",
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        }
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      "rhymes": "-æmblɪŋ"
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    {
      "sense": "digressing",
      "word": "desultory"
    }
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "langatmig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "weitschweifend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "abschweifend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "palavernd"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "kāwekaweka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "autaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "hikimoke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "autaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "que se va por tangentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "inconexo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "errante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long and digressing of a speech",
      "word": "incoherente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rambling"
}

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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "rambling rose"
    }
  ],
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          "text": "[…] listening with great interest to Martha's ramblings about \"The War.\"",
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      "glosses": [
        "A gentle hike."
      ],
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "word": "漫无边际的讲话"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "word": "gebazel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "word": "onsamenhangend gepraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "word": "jaaritus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "word": "jaarittelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Palaver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gerede"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geschwafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sermon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Weitschweifigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "asynártitos lógos",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ασυνάρτητος λόγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rámhaille"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sproloquio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozwlekły"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "divagación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perorata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "monserga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "meandering talk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "babbel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razhodka",
      "sense": "gentle hiking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "разходка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "gentle hiking",
      "word": "wandeltocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "gentle hiking",
      "word": "omzwerving"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gentle hiking",
      "word": "kuljeskelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gentle hiking",
      "word": "samoilu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gentle hiking",
      "word": "Wandern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gentle hiking",
      "word": "Herumziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gentle hiking",
      "word": "Spaziergang"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gentle hiking",
      "word": "Spazierengehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perípatos",
      "sense": "gentle hiking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "περίπατος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "gentle hiking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fánaíocht"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rambling"
}

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