baby talk

Questions about baby talk

What does baby talk mean?

baby talk means "an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for baby talk?

Close synonyms include babytalk, motherese, babytalk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baby talk a common word?

baby talk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.