lisp

A speech defect characterized by the mispronunciation of sibilant consonants, such as pronouncing 's' as a voiceless 'th' and 'z' as a voiced 'th'.

• 🇫🇷Défaut de prononciation qui consiste à émettre les sifflantes de manière défectueuse, souvent en les remplaçant par des sons proches de 'th' anglais ou en les déformant. Il désigne aussi le fait de parler avec ce défaut ou, par extension, un son ou une manière de parler zézayante.

1. Speech defect B2 formal

   A speech impediment characterized by the mispronunciation of sibilant consonants, such as 's' and 'z', which are pronounced like 'th' sounds.

   • He has a slight lisp that makes his 's' sound like 'th'.
   • Speech therapy can help correct a lisp in children.
   • Her lisp was barely noticeable when she spoke slowly.

   🇫🇷zozotement

• lisps plural form
• lisps' possessive plural form
• lisp's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of speaking with a speech impediment where 's' and 'z' sounds are pronounced like 'th'.

• 🇫🇷Verbe désignant le fait de parler avec un défaut de prononciation, où les sons 's' et 'z' sont prononcés comme 'th' (zozotement).

1. Speak with a lisp B2 formal

   To pronounce the sounds 's' and 'z' like 'th' in 'thin' and 'the' respectively.

   • The child lisps when saying the word 'snake'.
   • He has always lisped slightly, but it's barely noticeable.
   • She lisped her way through the speech, but everyone understood.

   🇫🇷zézayer

• lisped past participle
• lisped past simple
• lisping present participle
• lisps third person singular