Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children.

    Meronym: babble word

    Ammensprache, Babysprache

    сюсю́канняsjusjúkannja

    the developing speech of a young child

  2. (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

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Our baby can't talk yet.

    Наша дитина ще не може говорити. — deniko

    ruНаш ребёнок ещё не может говорить. — shanghainese

    deUnser Baby kann noch nicht sprechen. — Luiaard

  2. When did your baby start talking?

    ruКогда ваш ребёнок начал говорить? — odexed

    deWann hat dein Baby angefangen zu sprechen? — Yorwba

  3. Our baby isn't talking yet.

  4. Our baby doesn't talk yet.

  5. Our baby has started talking.

Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
form of speech used when talking to babies:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
form of speech used when talking to babies:

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbabytalk

See also

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