bełkot

See also: Bełkot and Belkot

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from bełkotać. For the semantic shifts, compare English burble.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛw.kɔt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛwkɔt
  • Syllabification: beł‧kot

Noun

bełkot m inan (diminutive bełkocik)

  1. burble, stammer, babble, mammering (unclear speech)
  2. burble, gibberish, gobbledygook (a complex or unclear statement)
    Z jego ust dobywał się kompletny bełkot.From his mouth came complete gobbledygook.
    Takiego bełkotu jak od niej to już dawno nie słyszałem.I’ve never heard such gobbledygook from her before.
  3. gibberish, gobbledygook (a complex or unclear statement)
  4. (literary) burble (the sound of moving water)
    Synonym: bulgot

Declension

adjective
adverb
noun
verbs

Further reading

  • bełkot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bełkot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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