infantspeech
nounUK /ˈɪnfənt spiːtʃ/
US /ˈɪnfənt spiːtʃ/
The sounds and first words a baby makes when learning to talk.
Her infantspeech was full of happy coos and babbles.
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2. The special sing-song way adults talk to babies.
He used gentle infantspeech to calm the crying newborn.
3. The early stage of language learning in very young children.
Researchers recorded infantspeech to study how babies learn sounds.
4. Nonsense sounds a baby makes that sound like conversation.
The twins exchanged infantspeech across the crib.