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Lambdacism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Lambdacism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l'

2

A pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for other sounds (typically /r/), as Sally for Sarah or Moll for Mary.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
speech disorder
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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