Masculine
charabia
Meaning
- (colloquial, masculine) double Dutch
- (masculine) gibberish
- (masculine, obsolete) Auvergnat dialect
- (masculine, obsolete) An Auvergnat person
Concepts
double-dutch
unintelligible language
incoherent language
talking nonsense
“all Greek to me”
Synonyms
Translations
Kauderwelsch
koeterwaals
galimatías
saçma
algaravia
balbettio
ασυναρτησία αλαμπουρνέζικαFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃa.ʁa.bja/
Etymology
Attested since at least 1838, originally to denote the incomprehensible talk of Auvergnats. The further etymology is uncertain. It's believed to possibly mimick a perceived Auvergnat pronunciation of /s/ as /ʃ/. Others theorize it's derived from Occitan charrar (“to chatter”), or Franco-Provençal charabarat (horse market). A borrowing from Spanish algarabía has been theorized but deemed less likely from a phonetic and geographic perspective.
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