charabia

common nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

charabia

According to the Trésor de la Langue Française informatisé, the hypothesis of Spanish algarabía, itself derived from Arabic العربية al arabīya (the Arabic language), is unlikely, the most plausible being that of a derivative of Occitan charrar, 'to chat, to converse'.

Definitions

Synonyms

Plural

charabias

Translations

  • germangerman:Kauderwelsch
  • englishenglish:mumbo jumbo
  • chinesechinese:胡话
  • koreankorean:횡설수설
  • spanishspanish:galimatías
  • finnishfinnish:siansaksa
  • greekgreek:ασυναρτησία
  • italianitalian:ostrogoto
  • japanesejapanese:ちんぷんかんぷん
  • dutchdutch:koeterwaals
  • polishpolish:chińszczyzna
  • russianrussian:тарабарщина
  • swedishswedish:rotvälska
  • turkishturkish:saçma

See also

charabia (v.) charabias (v.)