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babels

babels is the plural of babel.

Meaning of babel

Noun

babel (usually uncountable, plural babels)

  1. (usually) A confused noise made by a number of voices.
    • I closed the door hurriedly on the babel and groped my way back to bed. At that moment bed seemed to be the one safe, comforting thing in my whole baffling environment.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 11

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Noun capitalized: Babels

Babels

  1. (plural) plural of Babel

Questions about babels

What is babels the plural of?
Babels is the plural of babel.
What part of speech is babels?
Babels is a noun.

Words near babels in the dictionary

  1. babelization
  2. babelize
  3. babelized
  4. babelizes
  5. babelizing
  6. babels
  7. Babelthuap
  8. Babemba
  9. Babembas
  10. Babenberg
  11. babendil

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