Prate

Definition: Prate

Prate

Noun

1. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.

Verb

1. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "prate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Prate

Conversation

Verb: talk together, converse, confabulate; hold on a conversation, carry on a conversation, join in a conversation, engage in a conversation; put in a word; shine in conversation; bandy words; parley; palaver; chat, gossip, tattle; prate; (loquacity); powwow.

Loquacity

Verb: be loquacious; Adjective: talk glibly, pour forth, patter; prate, palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw; blather, blatter, blether; rattle, rattle on; twaddle, babble, gabble; outtalk; talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse; expatiate; (speak at length); gossip; (converse); din in the ears; (repeat); talk at random, talk nonsense; be hoarse with talking.

Jaw; gabble; jabber, chatter; prate, prattle, cackle, clack; twaddle, rattle; caquet, caquetterie; blabber, bavardage, bibble-babble, gibble-gabble; small talk; (converse).

Crosswords: Prate

Frisian (speak, talk, to talk), Norwegian (speak, talk).

Books

• Prate City (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "prate": prate about. Additional references.

Albanian

llomotitje (badinage, cackle, chitchat, clack, flubdub, gibber, lip-labor, lip-labour, mag, tattle, wag, wish-wash), llomotit (splutter, waffle), llomotis (blab, cackle, clack, gab, jabber, splutter, waffle), llap (babble, prattle, tattle), grij kot, dërdëllitje (chatter, gibber, gibberish, giber, prattle, talk shop, verbiage, yak, yapping), dërdëllisje (chatter, gibber, gibberish, giber, prattle, talk shop, verbiage, yak, yapping). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هذر (chatter, gabble, garrulity, gibber, logorrhea, loquacity, palaver, patter, prolixity, twaddle, twitter), ‏ثرثرة (babble, blab, blabber, boastfulness, breeze, cackle, chat, chatter, clatter, gab, gabble, garrulity, gas, gibberish, jabber, jactitation, logorrhea, loquacity, patter, prattle, rattle, talkativeness, tattler, tittle tattle, twaddle, yap), ‏ثرثر (babble, blab, blabber, bluster, chatter, clack, clatter, crack, gabble, gas, gibber, give oneself airs, gossip, jabber, jangle, jaw, natter, palaver, patter, prattle, quack, rap, rumble, shoot one's mouth off, smatter, talk, tattle, twaddle, twitter, yap). (various references)

Bulgarian 

бърборя (babble, cank, gab, jabber, natter, prattle, rattle, tattle), бърборене (chatter, gab, prattle, rattle, tattle), бъбря (burble, chatter, prattle, rap, talk, tittle tattle, yarn), брътвене, брътвеж (babble, chat, footle, palaver, prattle, quack, rigmarole, wash), плямпам (babble, chat, gas, prattle), дърдоря (cackle, dodder, gab, gabble, jabber, jaw, palaver, patter, tattle), дрънкам (blab, cank, chin, chink, cosher, gab, jangle, jingle, plunk, rattle, tinkle, twaddle). (various references)

Czech

žvanit (babble, blab, burble, cackle, gabble, gas, natter, palaver, pettifog, piffle, prattle, rattle, spout, talk, tattle, tittle tattle, twaddle, waffle, yap), žvanìní (cackle, chatter, chitchat, claptrap, double talk, flapdoodle, flubdub, gab, gas, piffle, prattle, rigmarole, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wind), žvást (bunkum, claptrap, talk). (various references)

Finnish

jaaritella (prate about). (various references)

French

jaser (prattle), blaguer, bavardage (prattle). (various references)

German

plaudern (chat, chatter, make small talk, natter, talk, to chat, to chin-wag), schwätzen (babble, blather, cackle, chatter, drool, gab, go on, gossip, jabber, jabber away, natter, prattle, talk, talk away, to twaddle, twaddle, visit). (various references)

Greek 

πολυλογώ (gabble, prattle), φλυαρώ (babble, blabber, chatter, gab, gabble, gibber, gossip, jabber, palaver, rattle away, tattle, tittle tattle, twaddle, waffle, yammer, yap, yatter), φλυαρία (babble, babblement, cackle, chatter, chin wagging, chit chat, claptrap, gab, gabble, garrulity, garrulousness, loquacity, palaver, prattle, prittle prattle, rattle, tittle tattle, yapp). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפטפט (babble, blather, chat, chatter, gabble, gossip, jabber, palaver, prattle, shoot ones mouth off). (various references)

Hungarian

fecseg (blab, blah blah, chat, chatter, dote, gab, jabber, jangle, Maunder, natter, piffle, talk, to babble, to blab, to blab out, to blat, to blatter, to cackle, to clack, to clatter, to gabble, to jabber, to jangle, to palaver, to patter, to piffle, to prattle, to quack, to rabbit, to ramble, to rant, to talk frivolities, to twaddle, to vapour, to witter, to yak, to yak it up), csacsog (burble, tattle, to burble, to chirp, to jabber, to prattle). (various references)

Italian

cianciare (babble, prattle, waffle, yammer), chiacchierare (blab, chat, chatter, gossip, natter, rap, talk, tattle, twaddle, visit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ぺて�"師 (crook, flowers heads of beefsteak plant, fluency, fluent, imposter, not soggy, steamy hot food, swindler, to babble, to be pleased with oneself, to brawl, to chuckle to oneself, to grumble, to murmur, to prate, to prattle, to spatter, warm). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ほざく (to babble, to brawl, to grumble, to murmur, to prate, to prattle, to spatter). (various references)

Manx

pleateil (converse, prattle, talk). (various references)

Pig Latin

atepray.(various references)

Portuguese

palrar (cackle, chat, chirp, gab, gabble, gaggle, jabber, jaw, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle), tagarelice (blab, blather, blether, chat, chatter, chirp chirrup, chitchat, gab, gabble, gossiping, jaw, patter, tittle-tattle), tagarelar (blather, blether, cackle, chat, chatter, chipper, clack, clat, clatter, dodder, gab, gabble, gas, gossip, jabber, jaw, keckle, patter, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle), conversa tola (babblement). (various references)

Romanian

pãlãvrãgi (babble, chatter, confabulate, crack, gossip, humbug, jabber, twaddle), pãlãvrãgealã (chatter, chit chat, crack, gabble, prattle, rigmarole), trãncãni (Bab, babble, cackle, clack, clash, clatter, cosher, gab, gibber, gossip, jabber, jangle, Maunder, natter, palaver, prattle, rattle, talk, tattle, yap), flecãri (babble, blab, blether, cackle, chatter, gossip, humbug, palaver, prattle, rattle, talk, tattle, tittle tattle), flecãrealã (babble, cackle, chatter, chit chat, gabble, gossip, patter, prattle, talk, tattle, tittle tattle). (various references)

Russian 

болтать (blab, cank, chat, chatter, chin, confabulate, cosher, gab, haver, jabber, natter, prattle, rattle, shoot the breeze, tattle, twitter, witter). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

torokati (chatter, gabble, rattle, tittle tattle). (various references)

Spanish

parloteo (babble, babbling, cackle, chatter, gabble, gossip, prattle, small talk, yap), parlotear (babble, cackle, chatter, gab, gabble, gas, natter, prattle, tattle, waffle, yap), charlar (chat, chatter, chin, gab, gas, gossip, jaw, natter, prattle, shoot the bull, talk, visit, yap), charla (babble, causerie, chat, chatter, chitchat, clack, derision, gab, gabble, gossip, natter, rattle, small talk, talk, tattle, tittletattle, yap). (various references)

Swedish

babbla (babble, gabble, gibber, jabber, jaw, jibber, palaver, prattle, rap, waffle). (various references)

Turkish

gevezelik etmek (babble, blab, cackle, chat, chatter, clack, gabble, gossip, natter, prattle, tattle), gevezelik (babbling, cackle, chattering, chinwag, chitchat, clack, comment, gab, gabble, garrulity, gossip, indiscretion, jaw, jive, loquaciousness, loquacity, mouthiness, prattle, rattle, talkativeness, talky-talk, tattle, volubility, windiness, yap), dem vurmak (talk at random about, talk pretentiously about, talk wild about), boş laf, boş konuşmak (gab, gammon, haver, jaw, talk the hind legs off a donkey, trifle). (various references)

Ukrainian

розбовкувати (chatter), базікати (babble, blab, blather, burble, cackle, chatter, chin, clatter, expatiate, footle, gab, gabble, gossip, haver, jabber, natter, parleyvoo, piffle, spiel, tattle, tittle tattle, twitter, waffle, wag, wiggle-waggle, yak, yak-yak, yarn), базікання (babble, babbling, blab, blather, blether, bunkum, burble, cackle, chatter, chit chat, clatter, flubdub, gabble, gossip, jabber, piffle, spiel, talk, tattle, tittle tattle, tootle, twaddle, twitter, waffle, wind, yak-yak). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự nói huyên thiên, sự nói ba láp chuyện huyên thiên, chuyện tầm ph� o (fiddle-faddle, fudge, gas, gossipry, tattle, tittle-tattle), chuyện ba láp (fiddle-faddle, tattle). (various references)

Welsh

cega (mouth), brygawthan (jabber, rant), bragaldian (gabble, jabber). (various references)

praten. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "prate": prated, prater, praters, prates. (additional references)

Words ending with "prate": uprate. (additional references)

Words containing "prate": uprated, uprates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Prate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: krate, parata, parate, paratex, Parati, paret, parta, parte, partee, partei, partem, parten, partet, partex, parti, patoe, peate, perate, phate, prace, practi, Prade, Pradel, prael, Praep, prafter, Prage, Pragel, prait, prake, prane, pratel, Pratie, prato, pratoe, prats, pratte, Pratts, Praty, pratz, prave, praye, praze, prete, Prethee, pretie, Preto, prita, Pritam, prite, Priti, pritt, Prota, prote, Protee, protel, Proteo, Proteu, protg, Protta, Proute, prta, pruet, Prut, prute, ptate, purete, purite, pyrantel, pyrate, sprate, tpframe. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: apter, pater, peart, taper.

-1 letter: aper, pare, part, pate, pear, peat, pert, prat, rape, rapt, rate, reap, tape, tare, tarp, tear, tepa, trap.

-2 letters: ape, apt, are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, eta, par, pat, pea, per, pet, rap, rat, rep, ret, tae, tap, tar, tea.

-3 letters: ae, ar, at, er, et, pa, pe, re, ta.

+1 letter: arpent, carpet, depart, enrapt, entrap, palter, parent, parget, parted, paster, paters, patter, patzer, petard, pirate, plater, prated, prater, prates, preact, pretax, protea, repast, repeat, retape, tamper, tapers, tapper, tephra, teraph, threap, trapes, trepan, uprate, uptear.

+2 letters: adapter, adepter, adopter, apteral, apteria, apteryx, arpents, bewrapt, capture, carpets, chapter, departs, diptera, entraps, esparto, operant, operate, overapt, painter, palters, panther, parapet, parents, paretic, pargets, parquet, partake, partied, partier, parties, partite, partlet, partner, partyer, pastern, pasters, pastier, pasture, patcher, pattern, patters, patzers, pearter, peartly, peatier, periapt, persalt, pertain, petards, petrale, peytral, phorate, piaster, piastre, picrate, pirated, pirates, plaiter, planter, plaster, platers, platier, platter, pleater, plectra, portage, praetor, praters, prattle, preacts, precast, predate, preheat, prelate, pretape, primate, private, probate, prolate, pronate, prorate, protean, proteas, psalter, pteryla, rapture, readapt, readopt, repaint, repasts, repatch, repeats, replant, replate, reptant, restamp, retaped, retapes, rewrapt, seaport, sparest, spatter, spectra, stamper, stapler, tampers, tapered, taperer, tappers, tapster, tempera, templar, tempura, tephras, therapy, threaps, traipse, tramped, tramper, trample, trapeze, trapped, trapper, trepang, trepans, typebar, updater, uprated, uprates, upstare, uptears, wiretap.