baby talk

See also: babytalk

English

Alternative forms

Noun

baby talk (uncountable)

(linguistics) The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children.
Synonyms: child-directed speech, motherese, parentese
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:
  [...] while not a super-goof like some of the female goofs I'd met, she was quite goofy enough to be going on with. Her whole aspect was that of a girl who at the drop of a hat would start talking baby talk.

Related terms

babytalk (verb)

Translations

form of speech used when talking to babies

Danish: babysnak c
Finnish: vauvakieli (fi), lapsenkieli
French: langage enfantin (fr) m, mamanais (fr) m

German: Babysprache (de) f, Kindersprache (de) f
Hungarian: gyermeknyelv (hu)
Icelandic: barnamál (is) n, barnahjal n, gælumál n

Further reading

baby talk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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