prate

Meaning

Noun

Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.

Verb

To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.

Synonyms

chatter

babble

prattle

gabble

blabber

twaddle

palaver

clack

tittle-tattle

gibber

maunder

tattle

piffle

talk nonsense

idle talk

blather

gab

blab

gossip

mumble

talk much

murmur

drivel

blether

burble

chin music

jabber

chitchat

tittle tattle

talk incoherently

talk too much

yapp

talk idly

babblement

rattle away

chin wagging

bla-bla

yaff

prittle prattle

blatter

boast

brag

brawl

cackle

claptrap

droning

garrulity

garrulousness

gob

grumble

Translations

bavarder

schwätzen

plaudern

gevezelik

babbelen

tagarelar

gevezelik etmek

φλυαρώ

babiller

μωρολογώ

ثرثر

jaser

schwatzen

charlar

أطلق أصواتا

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹeɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: praten

Cognate with Dutch: praten

Cognate with Low German: praten

Cognate with Danish: prate

Cognate with Swedish: prata

Cognate with Faroese: práta

Cognate with Icelandic: prata

Cognate with Polish: bredzić

Cognate with Latvian: bradāt

In summary

From Middle English praten; either inherited from Old English prætt or borrowed via Middle Dutch or Middle Low German praten (from Old Saxon *pratt), all from Proto-West Germanic *prattu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bred- (“to wander, rove”).
Related to Dutch praten (“to talk, chat”), Low German praten, dated German pfrassen, Danish prate, Swedish prata (“to talk, prate”), Faroese práta (“to talk, gossip”), Icelandic prata;; also cognate with Polish bredzić (“to rave, jabber”), Latvian bradāt (“to talk nonsense”).