LALLATION


Meaning of LALLATION in English

/la lay"sheuhn/ , n. Phonet.

a speech defect in which l is pronounced instead of r, or in which an l- sound is mispronounced. Cf. lambdacism .

[ 1640-50; lalla ( re ) to sing lala or lullaby + -TION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .