galimatias

See also: galimatías

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French galimatias.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɡæləˈmeɪʃi.əs/, /-ˈmæti.əs/

Noun

galimatias (uncountable)

nonsense, gobbledygook
confused mixture; hodgepodge

Translations

gobbledygook

Catalan: galimaties (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胡言亂語 (zh), 胡言乱语 (zh) (húyánluànyǔ),
Czech: galimatyáš (cs) m
French: galimatias (fr) f

Polish: gmatwanina f
Portuguese: galimatias (pt) m
Russian: галиматья́ (ru) f (galimatʹjá)
Spanish: galimatías (es) m
Swedish: gallimatias (sv) c

French

Alternative forms

galimathias (obsolete)

Etymology

Origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡa.li.ma.tja/

Noun

galimatias m (plural galimatias)

nonsense, gobbledygook, galimatias

Further reading

“galimatias” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French galimatias.

Noun

galimatias m (plural galimatias)

galimatias; gobbledygook (meaningless speech)

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