LALLATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lallation mean? 

• LALLATION (noun)
  The noun LALLATION has 2 senses:

1. defective articulation of the 'l' phoneme or the phoneme 'r' is pronounced as 'l'

2. gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

  Familiarity information: LALLATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LALLATION (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

babble; babbling; lallation

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

gibber; gibberish (unintelligible talking)