American Heritage Dictionary
Century Dictionary
(1)
GNU Webster's 1913
(1)
WordNet
Elsewhere on the web
Philosophically speaking, this is what Kierkegaard called idle talk, snakke in Danish; what Heidegger called Gerede; what Sartre called bavardage.— The Wide Awakes
Representative assemblies are often taunted by their enemies with being places of mere talk and _bavardage_.— Considerations on Representative Government
The sentimental bavardage of boys in love will be lost upon me.— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852
Pardon de ce bavardage et mille amitiés -- avec tous mes compliments pour— Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II.
Musset's _Merle Blanc_, and like them we live "de plaisir, d'honneur, de bavardage, de gloire et de chiffons."— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.
We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.
Recently looked upmangosteen · imploringly · syrup · inextricable · palaver |
Recent Favoritespygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms |
Recent PronunciationsDer dicke Dachdecker deckte dir dein Dach, drum dank dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker dir dein Dach deckte. · weitläufig · und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, so leben sie noch heute · redescheu · selbstverständlich |