lallation

2 definitions found

lallation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lallation \Lal*la"tion\, n. [L. lallare to sing lalla, or
     lullaby: cf. F. lallation.]
     An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds
     like l.
     [1913 Webster]

lallation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lallation
      n 1: defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme
           `r' is pronounced as `l'
      2: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble,
         babbling, lallation]