drivel

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Nonsense; senseless talk.
2. (countable, rare, uncountable) Saliva, drool.

Verb

1. To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To have saliva drip from the mouth.
3. To be weak or foolish; to dote.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To move or travel slowly.
2. (obsolete) To use up or to be used up.

Concepts

baver

radoter

bave

parlote

babillage

caquetage

foutaise

jabotage

jacasserie

jaserie

jérémiades

papotage

parlage

phraséologie

radotage

sornettes

verbalisme

verbiage

des bêtises

chiqué

parlerie

jaspin

cailletage

bavasserie

bavardage

discutaillerie

lamentation

ordure

🗑️

plainte

Synonymes

drool

slaver

slobber

dribble

blather

twaddle

babble

slabber

salivate

rave

ramble

blatherskite

talk nonsense

raving

rigmarole

hoopla

delirium

humbug

nonsense

guff

prate

balderdash

garbage

🗑️

wandering

mumbo jumbo

piffle

prattle

quackery

rubbish

saliva

sniffle

spit

spittle

splutter

sputter

stuff

talk through one’s hat

taradiddle

trumpery

wander

yearn

Irish bull

beslaver

tarradiddle

speak unthinkingly

utter carelessly

prittle prattle

aspire

sunburstery

baloney

Traductions

sabbern

Gelaber

ximpleries

babear

Faselei

Gefasel

tonterías

bavejar

σαλιαρίζω

Geschwafel

Sabber

Geschwätz

cianciare

Gewäsch

Geifer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɹɪv.əl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: drivelen

Hérité de ancien anglais: dreflian

In summary

From Middle English dravel, dribil, a deverbal from drevelen, drivelen (Etymology 2).