lallation

Lal`la´tion

n.

1.

An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

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lallation

Phonetics.
1. the replacement of l for r in speech.
2. the mispronunciation of l. Cf. lambdacism.

See also: Linguistics

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lallation - defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l' defect of speech, speech defect, speech disorder - a disorder of oral speech
	2.	lallation - gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby babble, babbling gibber, gibberish - unintelligible talking