See prattle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1952, Daphne Du Maurier, “Monte Verità”, in The Apple Tree:",
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"word": "ყბედობა"
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"word": "ప్రేలు"
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "babble",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esbabaye"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎrborene",
"sense": "babble",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "бърборене"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "babble",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pludren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "babble",
"word": "pälätys"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "babble",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Geplapper"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lálēma",
"sense": "babble",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "λάλημα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lalagḗ",
"sense": "babble",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λαλαγή"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "babble",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gliogar"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "babble",
"word": "bable"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lépet",
"sense": "babble",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ле́пет"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "boltovnjá",
"sense": "babble",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "болтовня́"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "babble",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "goileam"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "babble",
"word": "pladder"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "babble",
"word": "joller"
}
],
"word": "prattle"
}
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