lisp

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• /lɪθp/
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• /lɪl͡sp/
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• rhymes with -ɪsp
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A contraction of list processing.

From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: لُثْغَة (luṯḡa) — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Bulgarian: фъфлене (fǎflene) — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Catalan: papissot — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Cornish: stlavedh — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Czech: šišlání — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Czech: šišlavost — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Danish: læspen — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Dutch: slis — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Dutch: slisgeluid — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Esperanto: lispado — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Finnish: ässävika — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Finnish: sammallus — The habit or an act of lisping.
• French: zézaiement — The habit or an act of lisping.
• French: zozotement — The habit or an act of lisping.
• French: susseyement — The habit or an act of lisping.
• French: sesseyement — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Galician: ceceo — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Georgian: ჩლიფინი (člipini) — The habit or an act of lisping.
• German: Lispelei — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Greek: ψευδισμός (psevdismós) — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Greek: ψεύδισμα (psévdisma) — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Hindi: लिस्प (lisp) — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Hungarian: pöszeség — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Hungarian: selypítés — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Icelandic: smámæli — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Italian: zeppola — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Italian: lisca — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Italian: esse moscia — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Italian: pronuncia blesa — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Northern Kurdish: zimanfisî — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Lithuanian: šveplavimas — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Māori: arero tehe — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Māori: tehe — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Norwegian: lesping — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Polish: seplenienie — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Polish: sygmatyzm — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Portuguese: sigmatismo — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Portuguese: ceceio — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Punjabi: ਤੋਤਲਾਪਣ (totlāpaṇ) — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Russian: шепеля́вость (šepeljávostʹ) — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Russian: шепеля́вение (šepeljávenije) — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Serbo-Croatian: šušljetanje — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Serbo-Croatian: šuškanje — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Sikkimese: ལྕེ་ལྡིག (lce ldig) — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Spanish: ceceo — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Spanish: sigmatismo — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Swedish: läspning — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Ukrainian: шепеля́вість (šepeljávistʹ) — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Vietnamese: sự nói ngọng — The habit or an act of lisping.
• Bulgarian: фъфля (fǎflja) — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Catalan: papissotejar — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Cornish: stlevi — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Czech: šlapat si na jazyk — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Danish: læspe — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Dutch: slissen — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Dutch: lispenen — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Elfdalian: lespa — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Esperanto: lispi — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Esperanto: blezi — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Faroese: lespa — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Finnish: sammaltaa — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Finnish: lespata — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Finnish: sössöttää — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• French: zozoter — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• French: zézayer — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• French: susseyer — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• German: lispeln — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• German: zuzeln — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Greek: ψευδίζω (psevdízo) — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Ancient Greek: τραυλίζω (traulízō) — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Greenlandic: seersaarpoq — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Hungarian: pöszít — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Icelandic: vera smámæltur — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Icelandic: vera smámælt — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Ido: zezear — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Irish: labhair go briotach — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Italian: parlare con la zeppola — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Italian: parlare con la lisca — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Italian: parlare con la esse moscia — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Italian: essere bleso — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Latvian: šļupstēt — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Latvian: svepstēt — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Lithuanian: švepluoti — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Middle English: wlispen — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Norwegian Bokmål: lespe — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lespa — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Polish: seplenić — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Portuguese: cecear — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Romanian: sâsâi — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Romanian: vorbi peltic — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Russian: шепеля́вить (šepeljávitʹ) — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Serbo-Croatian: fuflati — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Spanish: cecear — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Swedish: läspa — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Turkish: peltek konuşmak — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Ukrainian: шепеля́вити (šepeljávyty) — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Vietnamese: nói ngọng — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Vietnamese: nói đớt — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Vilamovian: šliyfa — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Welsh: siarad yn floesg — to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
• Bulgarian: фъфля (fǎflja) — to speak with imperfect articulation
• Finnish: sössöttää — to speak with imperfect articulation
• Hungarian: selypít — to speak with imperfect articulation
• Italian: biascicare — to speak with imperfect articulation
• Spanish: balbucear — to speak with imperfect articulation
• Finnish: sössöttää — to speak hesitatingly and with a low voice
• Finnish: supista — to speak hesitatingly and with a low voice
• Italian: sussurrare — to speak hesitatingly and with a low voice
• Spanish: balbucear — to speak hesitatingly and with a low voice
• Finnish: supattaa — to speak with reserve or concealment