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Polish
Etymology
Deverbal from bełkotać. For the semantic shifts, compare English burble.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛw.kɔt/
- Rhymes: -ɛwkɔt
- Syllabification: beł‧kot
Noun
bełkot m inan (diminutive bełkocik)
- burble, stammer, babble, mammering (unclear speech)
- burble, gibberish, gobbledygook (a complex or unclear statement)
- Z jego ust dobywał się kompletny bełkot. ― From his mouth came complete gobbledygook.
- Takiego bełkotu jak od niej to już dawno nie słyszałem. ― I’ve never heard such gobbledygook from her before.
- gibberish, gobbledygook (a complex or unclear statement)
- (literary) burble (the sound of moving water)
- Synonym: bulgot
Declension
Further reading
- bełkot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bełkot in Polish dictionaries at PWN