Babble

"Babble" in Russian

болтовня́

boltovnjá

(idle talk)

бормота́ние

bormotánije

(inarticulate speech)

журча́ние

žurčánije

(the sound of flowing water)

ле́пет

lépet

(inarticulate speech)

трёп

trjop

(idle talk)

болта́ть

boltátʹ

(to talk much)

бормота́ть

bormotátʹ

(to utter words indistinctly)

журча́ть

žurčátʹ

(to make a continuous murmuring noise)

лепета́ть

lepetátʹ

(to utter words indistinctly)

трепа́ться

trepátʹsja

(to talk much)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.