babel

IPA: bˈæbʌɫ

Root Word: Babel

(biblical) The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.
A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.
A place or scene of noise and confusion.
A tall, looming structure.
Alternative form of Babel [(biblical) The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.]

Examples of "babel" in Sentences

They speak a babel of languages: Czech, Romanian, Bulgarian,
Heaven help many a young attorney in this "babel" of money-getting.
When I translated the Thomas line in babel fish, it came up with Thomas is more Lugner.
Zero, LaTeX has the "babel" package for almost any language you might want to write in.
The following sites are in German and can be crudely translated by babel. altavista.com:
yes, nimrod probably built the tower of "babel" quite fitting already to reach heaven. brilliant fellow, i'd imagine.
Ashore there was a clamor for Scundoo, and the whole population crowded his door, entreating and imploring in confused babel till he came forth and raised his hand.
They need a tool that translates the right wing language to truth. – add it to babel fish .. it would be a simple enough code to right .. just take the reverse of whatever they say ..