Pronouncing "r" like "l."

• Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
• Speech defect in which the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l'

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A lallation (also called cambia-letras or troca-letra , "letter changer", in Latin American countries) is an imperfect enunciation of the letter " L ", in which it sounds like " R " (or vice versa), as frequently found in infantile speech . The speech pattern ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r" so that it sounds like an "l" 2 baby-talk or gibberish

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lallation \Lal*la"tion\, n. [L. lallare to sing lalla, or lullaby: cf. F. lallation.] An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l' gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble , babbling ]