bredouillement

English

Etymology

From French, from bredouiller (“to stammer, to mumble”).

Noun

bredouillement

1. The omission of parts of words due to extremely rapid speech

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

bredouillement m (plural bredouillements)

1. stammering; stuttering

Further reading

• “bredouillement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.