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Definitions for lallationlæˈleɪ ʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

lal•la•tionlæˈleɪ ʃən(n.)

  1. a speech defect in which l is pronounced instead of r, or in which an l-sound is mispronounced.

    Category: Phonetics

Origin of lallation:

1640–50; < L lallā(re) to sing lala or lullaby + -tion

Princeton's WordNet

  1. lallation(noun)

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

  2. babble, babbling, lallation(noun)

    gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

Wiktionary

  1. lallation(Noun)

    the incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r" so that it sounds like an "l"

  2. lallation(Noun)

    baby-talk or gibberish

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lallation(noun)

    an imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l

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