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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