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bavard

/ba.vaʁ/

adjective/ba.vaʁ/

chatty, talkative, garrulous

Ces jeunots n'ont pas l'air du genre bavards.These young people do not seem to be the talkative type.

Synonyms: loquace, volubile

Related: bavard comme une pie, bavardage, bavarder, bavardeur, pie bavarde

From bave (“spittle”) + -ard.

noun, masculine/ba.vaʁ/plural: bavards

chatterbox (chatty person)

From bave (“spittle”) + -ard.