babel

Other forms of babel

plural

babels·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about babel

What does babel mean?

babel means "(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in babel?

babel has 2 syllables: bab-el. The stress falls on "bab". In IPA it is /ˈbæbəl/.

What is another word for babel?

Close synonyms include Tower of Babel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is babel a common word?

babel is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with babel?

2 words rhyme with babel. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.