Толковый словарь английского языка - babel
Babel
babel
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Hebrew Bābhel, from Akkadian bāb-ilu gate of god Date: 14th century a city in Shinar where the building of a tower is held in Genesis to have been halted by the confusion of tongues, 2. often not capitalized a confusion of sounds or voices, a scene of noise or confusion
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n. 1 a confused noise, esp. of voices. 2 a noisy assembly. 3 a scene of confusion. Phrases and idioms Tower of Babel a visionary or unrealistic plan. Etymology: ME f. Heb. Babel Babylon f. Akkad. bab ili gate of god (with ref. to the biblical account of the tower that was built to reach heaven but ended in chaos when Jehovah confused the builders' speech: see Gen. 11) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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