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bredouillement

bredouillement noun: the omission of parts of words due to extremely rapid speech.

Noun

bredouillement

  1. The omission of parts of words due to extremely rapid speech

Origin of bredouillement

From French, from bredouiller (“to stammer, to mumble”).

Questions about bredouillement

What does bredouillement mean?
Bredouillement means the omission of parts of words due to extremely rapid speech.
What part of speech is bredouillement?
Bredouillement is a noun.

Words near bredouillement in the dictionary

  1. bredies
  2. bredigite
  3. Bredin
  4. Bredlau
  5. Bredon
  6. bredouillement
  7. bredren
  8. bredrens
  9. bredrin
  10. bredrins
  11. Bredstedt

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