baragouin

Meaning

gibberish (unintelligible speech or writing)

Concepts

gibberish

farrago

piffle

abracadabra

fiddle-faddle

gallimaufry

garbage

🗑️

gibber

hodgepodge

hotchpotch

jabbering

melange

mingle-mangle

mishmash

mumbo jumbo

oddments

odds and ends

omnium-gatherum

ragbag

rubbish

shit

💩

horse piss

babble

balderdash

double-talk

Synonyms

charabia

galimatias

jargon

bêtise

borborygme

bric-à-brac

farrago

mélange

méli-mélo

bafouillage

baragouinage

logorrhée

nawak

cris inarticulés

bavardons

mélimélo

Mélange

Épice gériatrique

épice gériatrique

déconnage

abracadabra

diarrhée verbale

amphigouri

babil

Translations

koeterwaals

algaravia

Kauderwelsch

jerigonza

Unsinn

galimatías

nonsens

gebrabbel

αλαμπουρνέζικα

wartaal

gewauwel

ασυναρτησίες

Nonsens

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ba.ʁa.ɡwɛ̃/

Etymology

Of debated origin, but probably of Breton origin, from bara (“bread”) + gwin (“wine”).
The contemptuous word dates back to the Middle Ages, first attested in 1396, the year of the marriage of John VI, Duke of Brittany, with Joan of France.