noun🔗ShareZézaiementThe habit or an act of lisping."He used to have a terrible lisp before going to a speech therapist."Il avait un terrible zézaiement avant d'aller chez un orthophoniste.languagephoneticsmedicinecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareZézayerTo pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/). This is a speech impediment common among children."My little brother still lisps when he says "sister." "Mon petit frère zézaye encore quand il dit « sœur ».phoneticslanguagemedicinecommunicationlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareZézayer, parler avec un défaut de prononciationTo speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk."The little girl started to lisp when she tried to say her "s" sounds, making them sound like "th." "La petite fille a commencé à zézayer lorsqu'elle a essayé de prononcer ses sons "s", les faisant ressembler à "th".languagephoneticscommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareZézayerTo speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid."After being caught cheating on the test, the student could only lisp an apology to the teacher. "Après avoir été pris en train de tricher au test, l'élève ne put que zézayer des excuses au professeur.languagephoneticscommunicationsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBégayer, zézayerTo express by the use of simple, childlike language."The toddler, still learning to talk, would lisp his requests for "wawa" (water). "Le tout-petit, qui apprenait encore à parler, bégayait ses demandes de "wawa" (eau).languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareZézayer, bégayerTo speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially."to lisp treason"Zézayer la trahison.communicationlanguagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
