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English

Noun

babel (plural babels)

1. Alternative form of Babel

Anagrams

• Bable, Labbe

English

Etymology

From Middle English bleren, from Middle Dutch bleren (“to bleat, cry, bawl, shout”) (Dutch blèren). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to bleat, cry”). Compare Dutch blaren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Homophones: blair, Blair

Noun

blare (countable and uncountable, plural blares)

1. A loud sound.

   I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio.
2. Dazzling, often garish, brilliance.

Translations

Verb

blare (third-person singular simple present blares, present participle blaring, simple past and past participle blared)

1. (intransitive) To make a loud sound.

   The trumpet blaring in my ears gave me a headache.
2. (transitive) To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine

     to blare its own interpretation

   • 2014, Nick Arnold, Horrible Science: Body Owner's Handbook (page 159)

     Police helicopters blared loudspeaker warnings about the smelly man.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alber, Baler, Laber, Rabel, abler, baler, belar, blear

Afrikaans

Noun

blare

1. plural of blaar

Dalmatian

Verb

blare

1. Alternative form of vular

Dutch

Verb

blare

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of blaren