alalia

See also: alalią

English

Etymology

From a- (“without”) +‎ -lalia (“speech”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈleɪliə/, /eɪˈleɪliə/

Noun

alalia (uncountable)

1. (medicine, obsolete) The loss of the ability to speak, especially due to paralysis of the vocal cords.
   • 1886, Edward P. Davis, “Disorders of Speech”, in William Pepper, Louis Starr, editors, A System of Practical Medicine, Volume 5, Lea Brothers & Co., page 569:

     A striking case of amnesic alalia was that of Lordat, a French physician, who thus described his malady: "I find myself deprived of the value of all words. […] "

2. (medicine) Speech delay, a delay in the development or use of the mechanisms that produce speech.
   • 2013, Jason Loviglio, Michele Hilmes, editors, Radio's New Wave, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), unnumbered page:

     The other major exception, characters with Down syndrome (a condition that often includes among its symptoms alalia, or speech delay), are usually played by actors with Down syndrome […] .

Related terms

• alalic
• dyslalia
• paralalia

Translations

loss of the ability to speak

• Greek: αλαλία (el) f (alalía)
• Icelandic: málhelti n
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: alali m

• Polish: alalia f
• Portuguese: alalia f
• Romanian: alalie (ro) f
• Russian: ала́лия (ru) f (alálija)

delay in development of the mechanisms of speech

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• Polish: alalia f
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See also

• aphasia
• aphemia
• aphonia
• dysarthria

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek αλαλία (alalía). By surface analysis, a- +‎ -lalia. First attested in the 20th c..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈla.lja/

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• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: a‧la‧lia

Noun

alalia f

1. (neurology) alalia

Declension

Declension of alalia

	singular
nominative	alalia
genitive	alalii
dative	alalii
accusative	alalię
instrumental	alalią
locative	alalii
vocative	alalio

Further reading

• alalia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈli.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈli.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈli.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐˈli.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧la‧li‧a

Noun

alalia f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) alalia (loss of the ability to speak)