gab

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Idle chatter.
2. (countable, uncountable) The mouth or gob.
3. (countable, uncountable) One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
2. (intransitive) To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To speak or tell falsely.

Concepts

bavarder

bavardage

cancan

caqueter

chatter

commérage

discuter

jacasser

jaser

bavarde

dire des sottises

bagou

papotage

Synonymes

chatter

jabber

gabble

babble

chitchat

prattle

gossip

twaddle

small talk

chat

gabfest

palaver

prate

talk

🗣️

talkativeness

yammer

chin wagging

spiel

natter

garrulousness

gibber

tittle tattle

garrulity

talk idly

tittle-tattle

witter

chew the fat

chin-wagging

chin-wag

yak

cackle

causerie

chin wag

prittle prattle

tattle

rattle on

schmoose

blab

verbalism

verbalization

verbiage

verboseness

waffle

🧇

yack

chit-chat

yap

confab

talk nonsense

yapp

shmooze

Traductions

chiacchierare

palique

quatschen

chiacchiera

konuşkanlık

parlotear

ciarlare

cháchara

praten

🗣️

plappern

dibbern

φλυαρώ

κουτσομπολιό

eine freundliche, zwanglose Unterhaltung führen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡæb/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: gab

Appartenant à ancien français: gab

Appartenant à islandais: gabb

In summary

Inherited from Middle English gab, gabbe, from Old Norse gabb (“jest, mockery”) (whence also Old French gab, gap (“mockery, derision, scorn”)). Cognate with Icelandic gabb (“hoax”).