"baby talk" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} baby talk (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics) The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: babyese, child-directed speech, hypocorism, motherese, parentese, babytalk, baby-talk Related terms: baby steps, babytalk [verb] Translations (form of speech used when talking to babies): haur hizkera (Basque), babysnak [common-gender] (Danish), vauvakieli (Finnish), langage enfantin [masculine] (French), mamanais [masculine] (French), Ammensprache [feminine] (German), Babysprache [feminine] (German), gyermeknyelv (Hungarian), barnamál [neuter] (Icelandic), barnahjal [neuter] (Icelandic), gælumál [neuter] (Icelandic), maternés (Spanish), сюсю́кання (sjusjúkannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-baby_talk-en-noun-Cw1DY1a4 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'form of speech used when talking to babies': 87 13
  2. (linguistics) The pre-language, and subsequent developing language, used by small children, incorporating crying, cooing, and babbling in sequence before the acquisition of adult language capabilities. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-baby_talk-en-noun-ktzXM8h4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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