Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lallate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lal-late
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To speak pronouncing the letter "r" so that it sounds like "l".

verb

To speak like a baby.

Example Sentences

"[…] he was pulled in by the smell of fresh coffee and the sound of Isabel and Rosalinda burbling and lallating together."
"[…] the therapist would start tiresomely lallating over and over and over again what her therapeutic philosophies and goals and wishes for the depressed person were […]"
"Meanwhile I go on troweling, slavering the world with language as Jake squeals like a held bird and begins lallating to me in tongues."

Inflected Forms

lallates (present, singular) lallating (participle, present) lallated (participle, past) lallated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

lall lallation

Questions

What does lallate mean?: To speak pronouncing the letter "r" so that it sounds like "l".

How to pronounce lallate

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