gibberish

English

Etymology

ca. 16th century. Either an onomatopeia, imitating to the sound of chatter, probably influenced by jabber, or derived from the root of the Irish gob (“the mouth”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪb.ə.ɹɪʃ/

Noun

gibberish (usually uncountable, plural gibberishes)

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
  Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with.
Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.

Synonyms

gibber
See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Translations

unintelligible speech or writing

Albanian: dërdëllisje
Arabic: رَطَانَة‎ f (raṭāna)
Armenian: դատարկաբանություն (hy) (datarkabanutʿyun), ցնորք (hy) (cʿnorkʿ)
Breton: gregach (br)
Bulgarian: безсмислица f (bezsmislitsa), непонятен говор (neponjaten govor)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 亂語, 乱语 (luànyǔ), 胡言亂語 (zh), 胡言乱语 (zh) (húyán luànyǔ), 胡話 (zh), 胡话 (zh) (húhuà)
Czech: páté přes deváté, hatmatilka f, galimatyáš (cs) m
Danish: vrøvl n, volapyk n, kaudervælsk (da) n, nonsens (da) n
Dutch: gewauwel (nl) n, koeterwaals (nl) n, wartaal (nl), gebrabbel (nl) n
Esperanto: galimatio
Finnish: siansaksa (fi)
French: baragouin (fr) m, charabia (fr) m, galimatias (fr) m
Georgian: გაუგებარი მეტყველება (gaugebari meṭq̇veleba), გაუგებარი ყბედობა (gaugebari q̇bedoba), აბდაუბდა (ka) (abdaubda)
German: Kauderwelsch (de) n, Kokolores (de) m, Gequassel (de) n, Geschwafel (de) n
Greek: ασυναρτησίες (el) (asynartisíes), αλαμπουρνέζικα (el) (alampournézika)
Hebrew: קַשְׁקֶשֶׁת‎ (he) (qásh'qeshet) גִ׳יבְּרִישׁ‎ (jibrish)
Hungarian: badarság (hu), zagyvaság (hu), halandzsa (hu)
Icelandic: djöflaþýska f, golfranska f
Ido: jargono (io)

Indonesian: pepesan kosong, bahasa raban
Irish: gibiris f
Italian: farfuglio (it) m, borbottio m, baggianata (it) f, corbelleria (it) f
Japanese: でたらめ (ja) (detarame), ちんぷんかんぷん (ja) (chinpunkanpun)
Kashubian: bùlbòt m
Korean: 횡설수설 (hoengseolsuseol)
Limburgish: krièmerwelsj
Macedonian: брборење n (brbórenje), баботење n (babótenje)
Maori: kōrero hunuru, reo kihi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kaudervelsk, vrøvl n, vås n, kaudervelsk m, sprøyt (no) n
Polish: jazgot (pl) m, bełkot (pl) m
Portuguese: algaravia (pt) f, grego (pt) m
Russian: тараба́рщина (ru) f (tarabárščina), невня́тность (ru) f (nevnjátnostʹ), белиберда́ (ru) f (beliberdá), галиматья́ (ru) f (galimatʹjá), абракада́бра (ru) f (abrakadábra)
Scottish Gaelic: goileam m
Spanish: algarabía (es) f, farfulla (es) f, monserga (es) f
Swedish: nonsens (sv), rotvälska (sv), gallimatias (sv)
Tagalog: alimim, alim-im
Turkish: saçmalık (tr)

needlessly obscure or overly technical language

Arabic: ثَرْثَرَة‎ f (ṯarṯara), بَرْبَرَة‎ f (barbara)
Bulgarian: технически жаргон m (tehničeski žargon)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 亂語, 乱语 (luànyǔ), 胡言亂語 (zh), 胡言乱语 (zh) (húyán luànyǔ), 胡話 (zh), 胡话 (zh) (húhuà)
Czech: hatmatilka f, ptydepe n
Dutch: visserslatijn (nl) n
Finnish: heprea (fi), munkkilatina
Georgian: გაუგებარი (gaugebari), ტექნიკური ენა (ṭekniḳuri ena)

Japanese: ちんぷんかんぷん (ja) (chinpunkanpun)
Polish: jazgot (pl) m, bełkot (pl) m
Portuguese: jargão (pt) m
Russian: тараба́рщина (ru) f (tarabárščina), белиберда́ (ru) f (beliberdá), бессмы́слица (ru) f (bessmýslica)
Scottish Gaelic: goileam m
Spanish: jerga (es) f, jerigonza f, galimatías (es) m
Swedish: fikonspråk (sv) n
Turkish: jargon (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} volapukaĵo (eo), ^{(please verify)} volapukaĵoj (eo), ^{(please verify)} galimatio
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} loba, ^{(please verify)} mula, ^{(please verify)} vadin
Haitian Creole: ^{(please verify)} tenten
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} tauškalai, ^{(please verify)} svaičiojimas

Slovak: ^{(please verify)} táraniny f pl
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} galimatías (es) m pl, ^{(please verify)} tonterías (es) f pl, ^{(please verify)} memeces f pl
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} Lời nói lắp bắp, ^{(please verify)} Câu nói sai ngữ pháp.

Adjective

gibberish (comparative more gibberish, superlative most gibberish)

unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless

References

Charles Mackay (1887) A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries‎, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, pages 183-184

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[1] Charles Mackay (1887) A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries‎, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, pages 183-184