Definition of "babel" [ba•bel]

• A confusion of sounds or voices. See Synonyms at noise. (noun)
• A scene of noise and confusion. (noun)

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• "When I translated the Thomas line in babel fish, it came up with Thomas is more Lugner."
• "They speak a babel of languages: Czech, Romanian, Bulgarian,"
• "Zero, LaTeX has the "babel" package for almost any language you might want to write in."