gibberish

Etymology
First attested mid-16th century. Origin. Possibly from, of onomatopoeic origin imitating to the sound of chatter, possibly from or influenced by , denoting the name of a language (compare , , , etc.). The verb, first attested circa 1600, is usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish.

Noun

 * 1) Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.
 * 2) Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.
 * 3)  A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.
 * 1) Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.
 * 2)  A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.
 * 1)  A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:nonsense
 * See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Translations

 * Albanian: dërdëllisje
 * Arabic: رَطَانَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: çərən-pərən
 * Belarusian: тараба́ршчына
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 亂語, ,
 * Czech: páté přes deváté, ,
 * Danish: vrøvl, volapyk, ,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: galimatio,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გაუგებარი მეტყველება, გაუგებარი ყბედობა,
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew: גִ׳יבְּרִישׁ
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic: djöflaþýska, golfranska
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: pepesan kosong, bahasa raban
 * Irish: gibiris
 * Italian:, borbottio, , , ,
 * Japanese:, 珍紛漢紛,
 * Kashubian: bùlbòt
 * Korean: 횡설수설(橫說竪說)
 * Limburgish: krièmerwelsj
 * Macedonian: брборење, баботење
 * Maori: kōrero hunuru, reo kihi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kaudervelsk,, vås, kaudervelsk, , sludder,
 * Nynorsk:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: goileam
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tagalog: alimim, alim-im
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: тараба́рщина


 * Arabic: ثَرْثَرَة, بَرْبَرَة
 * Bulgarian: техни́чески жарго́н
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 亂語, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: გაუგებარი, ტექნიკური ენა
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: goileam
 * Spanish:, jerigonza,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Esperanto:, ,
 * Estonian:, ,
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Vietnamese: ,

Adjective

 * 1) unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless