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baby-speak

baby-speak is the alternative form of babyspeak.

Meaning of babyspeak

Noun

babyspeak (uncountable)

  1. The infantile protolanguage of babies.
  2. The simplified, patronizing speech style used by adults toward babies.

Forms of baby-speak

pluralbaby-speaks

Questions about baby-speak

What is baby-speak the alternative form of?
Baby-speak is the alternative form of babyspeak.

Words near baby-speak in the dictionary

  1. baby-sitters
  2. baby-sitting
  3. baby-sittings
  4. baby-snatcher
  5. baby-snatchers
  6. baby-speak
  7. baby-step
  8. baby-steps
  9. baby-talk
  10. baby-talked
  11. baby-talking

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: baby-speak (page history and authors); babyspeak (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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