baby talk

noun

the speech of children learning to talk, marked by syntactic differences from adult speech and by phonetic modifications like lisping, lalling, and the omission and substitution of sounds.

Also called par·ent·ese

[pair-uhn-teez, -tees, par-] /ˌpɛər ənˈtiz, -ˈtis, ˌpær-/ . a style of speech used by adults in addressing children, pets, or sweethearts, and formed in imitation of the voice and pronunciation of children learning to talk: it is generally characterized in English by the addition of diminutive endings to words, the use of special words and pet names, and the systematic distortion of certain words, as dolly for doll,teensy-weensy for tiny,oo for you, and twain for train.

Origin of baby talk

First recorded in 1830–40

usage note for baby talk

Baby Talk is used as a label in this dictionary for well-known terms traditionally thought to exemplify the type of baby talk used by adults.

Words nearby baby talk

baby snatcher, baby split, baby spot, baby's-tears, baby step, baby talk, baby tee, baby tooth, baby-walker, baby wipe, BAC

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Example sentences from the Web for baby talk

From there we worked round the back street to Ryan's stable, McCalmont keeping up his baby-talk for the sake of passing strangers.
Curly|Roger Pocock
Mothers get to understand the older idiom, just as they do baby-talk,—by the same heart-key.
We Girls: A Home Story|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
But when it comes to the "Baby-Talk Lady's" good-bye dance, not to be present was unendurable.
The Ghost Breaker|Paul Dickey
The men89 chattered, the women laughed, and there was an affectation of baby-talk at nearly every table.
The Eternal City|Hall Caine

But now, as she took him in her arms, she astonished them with such eloquence of baby-talk as baby had never heard before.
Janet's Love and Service|Margaret M Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for baby talk

baby talk

noun

the speech of very young children learning to talk

an adult's imitation of this

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	baby talk
释义	baby talk noun the speech of children learning to talk, marked by syntactic differences from adult speech and by phonetic modifications like lisping, lalling, and the omission and substitution of sounds. Also called par·ent·ese [pair-uhn-teez, -tees, par-] /ˌpɛər ənˈtiz, -ˈtis, ˌpær-/ . a style of speech used by adults in addressing children, pets, or sweethearts, and formed in imitation of the voice and pronunciation of children learning to talk: it is generally characterized in English by the addition of diminutive endings to words, the use of special words and pet names, and the systematic distortion of certain words, as dolly for doll,teensy-weensy for tiny,oo for you, and twain for train. Origin of baby talk First recorded in 1830–40 usage note for baby talk Baby Talk is used as a label in this dictionary for well-known terms traditionally thought to exemplify the type of baby talk used by adults. Words nearby baby talk baby snatcher, baby split, baby spot, baby's-tears, baby step, baby talk, baby tee, baby tooth, baby-walker, baby wipe, BAC Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for baby talk From there we worked round the back street to Ryan's stable, McCalmont keeping up his baby-talk for the sake of passing strangers. Curly\|Roger Pocock Mothers get to understand the older idiom, just as they do baby-talk,—by the same heart-key. We Girls: A Home Story\|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney But when it comes to the "Baby-Talk Lady's" good-bye dance, not to be present was unendurable. The Ghost Breaker\|Paul Dickey The men89 chattered, the women laughed, and there was an affectation of baby-talk at nearly every table. The Eternal City\|Hall Caine But now, as she took him in her arms, she astonished them with such eloquence of baby-talk as baby had never heard before. Janet's Love and Service\|Margaret M Robertson British Dictionary definitions for baby talk baby talk noun the speech of very young children learning to talk an adult's imitation of this Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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