garrulous
/ˈɡɛɹ.ə.ləs/adjective
garrulous is spelled G-A-R-R-U-L-O-U-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, garrulous means “Excessively or tiresomely talkative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in garrulous?
| Letters | 9: G-A-R-R-U-L-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is garrulous?
Garrulous appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce garrulous?
- UK /ˈɡæɹ.ʊ.ləs/
- UK /ˈɡæɹ.jʊ.ləs/
- US /ˈɡɛɹ.ə.ləs/
Garrulous has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-garrulous.ogg, En-us-garrulous-2.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of garrulous
- more garrulous comparative
- most garrulous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does garrulous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
- 2
Excessively wordy and rambling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Garrulous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense excessively or tiresomely talkative:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | geschwätzig, endlos redend, daherlabernd |
| Portuguese | gárrulo, tagarela |
| Spanish | gárrulo, garrulador, lenguón, lenguaz |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does garrulous come from?
Adapted borrowing of Latin garrulus (“talkative”) + -ous, from the verb garriō (“to chatter”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).