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babelike

babelike

9.9
Noisy and confusing because many people speak different languages
  • adjective
  • /ˈbeɪbəlˌaɪk/
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  • The crowded market was babelike, traders shouting in half a dozen languages under the hot sun.

Examples

  • Conference calls became babelike after participants from five countries joined without a single common language.

  • The novel's final chapter portrayed a babelike city square where meaning dissolved into noise and laughter.

  • The market was a babelike hub of activity.

  • I found the conference quite babelike with so many speakers.

  • The crowded market was babelike, traders shouting in half a dozen languages under the hot sun.

  • The conference calls became babelike after participants from five countries joined without a single common language.

  • The city during the festival felt babelike, filled with people speaking different languages, all adding to the lively atmosphere.

How Chaotic

babelike
9.9
chaotic
116 4.7
confused
18 1.0
noisy
125 1.0

Surface Forms

babelike positive

Morphology

babelike = Babel (semi-transparent) = Babel + like

The word 'babelike' is derived from 'Babel' with the suffix '-like', indicating resemblance to the chaos of languages.

Etymology

Babelike comes from Babel + -like, after the story of the Tower of Babel where many languages were mixed and people could not understand one another. So babelike means 'noisy and confusing' when many voices or languages are together.