Found 3 items, similar to babel.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: babel babil
English → English (WordNet) Definition: babel babel n 1: a confusion of voices and other sounds 2: (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another [syn: Tower of Babel ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Babel Babel \Ba"bel\, n. [Heb. B[=a]bel, the name of the capital of Babylonia; in Genesis associated with the idea of “confusion.”] 1. The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place. [1913 Webster] Therefore is the name of it called Babel. --Gen. xi. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages. [1913 Webster] That babel of strange heathen languages. --Hammond. [1913 Webster] The grinding babel of the street. --R. L. Stevenson. [1913 Webster]