garble

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
2. To make false by mutilation or addition.
3. To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
4. (obsolete) To sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuable parts of (something) from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Confused or unintelligible speech.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Refuse; rubbish.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Mutilation.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.

Concepts

estropier

dénaturer

déformer

tronquer

altérer

falsifier

couper

fausser

abréger

Synonymes

distort

falsify

warp

mix up

misrepresent

confuse

twist

pervert

jumble

juggle

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

mull

pick

⛏️

pick out

rig

select

shorten

sophisticate

sort

truncate

twist around

choose

wrench

🔧

adulterate

belie

bust

confounding

contort

convolute

cook

🧑‍🍳

entangle

forge

mangle

Traductions

truncar

διαστρέφω

bozmak

barajar

tahrif

αλλοιώνω

entstellen

confundir

bozma

verstümmeln

deformare

abbreviare

mutilare

tagliare

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: garbelen

In summary

From Middle English garbelen, from Anglo-Norman garbeler (“to sift”), from Medieval Latin garbellare (or a similar Italian word), from Arabic غَرْبَلَ (ḡarbala, “to sift”).