babytalk

Other forms of babytalk

plural

babytalks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about babytalk

What does babytalk mean?

babytalk 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.

How many syllables are in babytalk?

babytalk has 3 syllables: ba-by-talk. The stress falls on "ba".

What is another word for babytalk?

Close synonyms include baby talk, motherese, baby talk. 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 babytalk a common word?

babytalk is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.