Lallwort
English edit
Etymology edit
Loanword borrowed from German Lallwort.
Noun edit
Lallwort (plural Lallwörter)
- Synonym of babble word.
German edit
Etymology edit
From lallen (“to babble”) + Wort (“word”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
Lallwort n (strong, genitive Lallwortes, plural Lallwörter)
- a babble word (phonemically basic word, easy for small children to produce and hence produced by them early on, e.g. Mama)