lisp

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

The act or a habit of lisping.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.
2. (intransitive) To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
4. (archaic, intransitive) to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
5. (archaic, intransitive) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.

Concetti

parlare con la erre moscia

essere bleso

pronuncia blesa

erre moscia

parlar bleso

blesa

parlare con la lisca

lisca

sigmatismo

biascicare

ciangottare

avere la lisca

blesità

sinonimi

stammer

stutter

stuttering

speech defect

mispronounce

mumble

prattle

slur

splutter

stammering

tongue-tied

sibilate

clip one’s words

speak indistinctly

speak slowly

babble

sigmatism

falter

haw

lisping

Traduzioni

zézayer

zozoter

lispeln

cecear

zézaiement

lispelen

Lispeln

τραυλίζω

mit der Zunge anstoßen

ψευδίζω

ceceo

τραύλισμα

cecear

ψελλίζω

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/lɪsp/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: lispen

Ereditato da inglese antico: *wlispian

Affine Middle Low German: wlispen

Affine olandese: lispen

Affine tedesco: lispeln

Affine danese: læspe

Affine svedese: läspa

In summary

From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).