MOTHERESE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motherese mean? 

• MOTHERESE (noun)
  The noun MOTHERESE has 1 sense:

1. an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child

  Familiarity information: MOTHERESE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTHERESE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adult's imitation of the speech of a young child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

baby talk; babytalk; motherese

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

non-standard speech (speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community)