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Definition of lisping - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
speechRare way of speaking where some sounds are pushed softly through the tongueRare
- The child's lisping made her words sound gentle and slightly blurred.
Adjective
1.
speechRare having a speech defect with 's' and 'z' soundsRare
- The child spoke with a lisping voice.
2.
soundRare having a sound like a lispRare
- The lisping whisper was barely audible.
Origin of lisping
Old English, wlisp (imperfect speech)
Examples of lisping in a sentence
On the voicemail, his lisping made the “s” sounds fade into a soft “th.” Her lisping speech was hard to understand. He was teased for his lisping pronunciation. The lisping sound of the wind was eerie. Her lisping speech made her self-conscious.
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- French:zézaiement, zézayant, ...
- German:Lispeln, lispelnd, ...
- Italian:zeppola, lispo, ...
- Spanish:ceceo, ceceante, ...
- Portuguese:ceceio, com ceceio, ...
- Chinese:咬舌音, 发音不清的, ...
- Japanese:舌足らず, 舌足らずな, ...
- Arabic:لَثْغ, لَدْغ, ...
- Hebrew:הֲגָיָה מִלְרַע, מְלַסְפֵּס, ...
- Russian:шепелявость, шепелявый, ...
- Ukrainian:шепелявість, шепелявий, ...
- Hindi:तुतलाना, तुतलाती, ...
Definition of lisp - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
speech patternspeech defect pronouncing 's' and 'z' as 'th'
- She has a lisp that makes 'sun' sound like 'thun'.
Verb
1.
speech defectpronounce 's' and 'z' as 'th' sounds
- She tends to lisp when she's nervous.
2.
imperfect speechspeak with imperfect articulation
- The toddler began to lisp his words.
Expressions with lisp
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pronounce words with 's' and 'z' sounding like 'th'
He started to speak with a lisp after his dental surgery.
Origin of lisp
Old English, wlisp (stammering)
Examples of lisp in a sentence
Children with a lisp may need speech therapy. He began to lisp after the dental surgery. Children sometimes lisp when they lose their front teeth. She began to lisp after losing her front teeth. He would lisp slightly when he was nervous.
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- French:zézaiement, zozoter, ...
- German:Lispeln, lispeln, ...
- Italian:sigmatismo, parlare con la zeppola, ...
- Spanish:ceceo, cecear, ...
- Portuguese:ceceio, cecear, ...
- Chinese:咬字不清, 发音不清, ...
- Japanese:リスプ, 舌足らずになる, ...
- Arabic:لَثْغَة, لَثَغَ, ...
- Hebrew:סִיגְמָטִיזְם, לְדַבֵּר בְּלִשּׁוּן, ...
- Russian:шепелявость, шепелявить, ...
- Ukrainian:шепелявість, шепелявити, ...
- Hindi:उच्चारण दोष, तुतलाना, ...
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