baby talk en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children.
Meronym: babble word
[...] while not a super-goof like some of the female goofs I'd met, she was quite goofy enough to be going on with. Her whole aspect was that of a girl who at the drop of a hat would start talking baby talk.
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter III, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
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(uncountable) The prelanguage, and subsequent developing language, used by small children, incorporating crying, cooing, and babbling in sequence before the acquisition of adult language capabilities.
Meronyms: babble word, goo goo ga ga
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| baby-talk | alternative | lexicographic | |
| babytalk | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
childspeak · childspeak · child language · adultspeak
Relateds
Synonyms
babyese · child-directed speech · hypocorism · motherese · caregiver register · parentese · babyspeak
Translations (24)
nl babytaal (prelanguage used by small children) · da babysnak (form of speech used when talking to babies) · pl gaworzenie (prelanguage used by small children) · es lenguaje infantil (form of speech used when talking to babies) · nl babytaal (form of speech used when talking to babies) · de Ammensprache (form of speech used when talking to babies) · uk сюсю́кання (form of speech used when talking to babies) · eu haur hizkera (form of speech used when talking to babies) · cmn 牙牙學語 /牙牙学语 (prelanguage used by small children) · is gælumál (form of speech used when talking to babies) · cmn 兒語 /儿语 (form of speech used when talking to babies) · ja 幼児語 (form of speech used when talking to babies) · bg ле́пет (prelanguage used by small children) · fi vauvan viestintä (prelanguage used by small children) · hu gyermeknyelv (form of speech used when talking to babies) · fr mamanais (form of speech used when talking to babies) · pl mowa matczyna (form of speech used when talking to babies) · fr langage enfantin (form of speech used when talking to babies) · is barnahjal (form of speech used when talking to babies) · is barnamál (form of speech used when talking to babies) · de Babysprache (form of speech used when talking to babies) · ko 유아어 (form of speech used when talking to babies) · cmn 娃娃腔 (form of speech used when talking to babies) · fi vauvakieli (form of speech used when talking to babies)