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lallation

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

1

noun

Meaning 1

The incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r" so that it sounds like an "l" (or "w").

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Baby-talk or gibberish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1648, Robert Baron, Erotopaignion, Or the Cyprian Academy, London: J. Hardesty et al., “To the Ladies and Gentlewoemen of England,” When you talke with your children you expect from them no congruence or quaint language, yet you are often pleased to heare them prattle, & are delighted with their lisping Ideoms. This makes me hope that you will dispence with the Lallation & Low dialect of this babe, whose tone is rude, yet his meaning is plaine dealing, which according to the proverbe is a jewell, and consequently most fit for Ladies.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: babble, babbling

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gibberish, gibber

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speech disorder, speech defect, defect of speech

History

Etymology

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