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LALLATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

Synonyms:

babble; babbling; lallation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("lallation" is a kind of...):

gibber; gibberish (unintelligible talking)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Defective articulation of the 'l' phoneme or the phoneme 'r' is pronounced as 'l'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lallation" is a kind of...):

defect of speech; speech defect; speech disorder (a disorder of oral speech)

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