He speaks with a lisp.
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Lisp
//lɪsp//
Synonyms for "lisp" (93 found)
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Closest matches (19)
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Related words (46)
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1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
109 translations across 46 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τραυλίζω verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Arabic
1 entries- لُثْغَة noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
Bulgarian
3 entries- фъфлене noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- фъфля verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
- фъфля verb (to speak with imperfect articulation)
Catalan
2 entries- papissot noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- papissotejar verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Cornish
2 entries- stlavedh noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- stlevi verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Czech
3 entries- šišlavost noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- šišlání noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- šlapat si na jazyk verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Danish
2 entries- læspen noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- læspe verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Dutch
4 entries- slis noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- slisgeluid noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- lispenen verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
- slissen verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Elfdalian
1 entries- lespa verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Esperanto
3 entries- lispado noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- blezi verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
- lispi verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Faroese
1 entries- lespa verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Finnish
4 entries- sammallus noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- ässävika noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- lespata verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
- sammaltaa verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
French
4 entries- sesseyement noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- susseyement noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- zozotement noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- zézaiement noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
Galician
1 entries- ceceo noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
Georgian
1 entries- ჩლიფინი noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
German
3 entries- Lispelei noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- lispeln verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
- zuzeln verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Greek
3 entries- ψευδισμός noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- ψεύδισμα noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- ψευδίζω verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Greenlandic
1 entries- seersaarpoq verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Hindi
1 entries- लिस्प noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
Hungarian
4 entries- pöszeség noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- selypítés noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- pöszít verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
- selypít verb (to speak with imperfect articulation)
Icelandic
3 entries- smámæli noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- vera smámælt verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
- vera smámæltur verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Ido
1 entries- zezear verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Irish
1 entries- labhair go briotach verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Italian
4 entries- esse moscia noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- lisca noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- pronuncia blesa noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- zeppola noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
Latvian
2 entries- svepstēt verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
- šļupstēt verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šveplavimas noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
Middle English
1 entries- wlispen verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Māori
2 entries- arero tehe noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- tehe noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- zimanfisî noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
Norwegian
1 entries- lesping noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lespe verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lespa verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Polish
3 entries- seplenienie noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- sygmatyzm noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- seplenić verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Portuguese
3 entries- ceceio noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- sigmatismo noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- cecear verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਤੋਤਲਾਪਣ noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
Romanian
2 entries- sâsâi verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
- vorbi peltic verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Russian
3 entries- шепеля́вение noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- шепеля́вость noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- шепеля́вить verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- šuškanje noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- šušljetanje noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- fuflati verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Sikkimese
1 entries- ལྕེ་ལྡིག noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
Spanish
4 entries- ceceo noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- sigmatismo noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- balbucear verb (to speak with imperfect articulation)
- balbucear verb (to speak hesitatingly and with a low voice)
Swedish
2 entries- läspning noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- läspa verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Turkish
1 entries- peltek konuşmak verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Ukrainian
2 entries- шепеля́вість noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- шепеля́вити verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Vietnamese
3 entries- sự nói ngọng noun (The habit or an act of lisping.)
- nói ngọng verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
- nói đớt verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Vilamovian
1 entries- šliyfa verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Welsh
1 entries- siarad yn floesg verb (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Some people caricature gay men as limp-wristed and speaking with a lisp.
Source: tatoeba (733762)
She has a slight lisp.
Source: tatoeba (1482966)
Tom speaks with a lisp.
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