noun
1. an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child
• Hypernyms: ↑non-standard speech
2. the developing speech of a young child
• Syn: ↑babytalk
• Hypernyms: ↑non-standard speech
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noun [noncount]
: the speech used by very young children who are learning to talk or by adults who are speaking to young children
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the words or sounds a baby says when it is learning to talk; the special language adults sometimes use when talking to babies
Useful english dictionary. 2012.