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Meaning of "lambdacism" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LAMBDACISM

From Late Latin labdacismus, from Greek.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LAMBDACISM

lambdacism  [ˈlæmdəˌsɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAMBDACISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lambdacism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAMBDACISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lambdacism in the English dictionary

The definition of lambdacism in the dictionary is excessive use or idiosyncratic pronunciation of l.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAMBDACISM


aestheticism
iːsˈθɛtɪˌsɪzəm
betacism
ˈbiːtəˌsɪzəm
Catholicism
kəˈθɒlɪˌsɪzəm
criticism
ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm
cynicism
ˈsɪnɪˌsɪzəm
demoniacism
diːmənˈaɪəˌsɪzəm
eclecticism
ɪˈklɛktɪˌsɪzəm
eroticism
ɪˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm
fanaticism
fəˈnætɪˌsɪzəm
histrionicism
ˌhɪstrɪˈɒnəˌsɪzəm
iotacism
aɪˈəʊtəˌsɪzəm
itacism
ˈiːtəˌsɪzəm
labdacism
ˈlæbdəˌsɪzəm
mysticism
ˈmɪstɪˌsɪzəm
narcissism
ˈnɑːsɪˌsɪzəm
neoclassicism
ˌniːəʊˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm
neuroticism
njʊˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm
polysynthesism
ˌpɒlɪˈsɪnθəˌsɪzəm
rhotacism
ˈrəʊtəˌsɪzəm
romanticism
rəʊˈmæntɪˌsɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAMBDACISM

lamb´s ears
lamb´s fry
lamb´s lettuce
lamb´s lugs
lamb´s tails
lamb´s tongue
lamb´s wool
lamb´s-quarters
lambada
lambast
lambaste
lambda
lambda calculus
lambdoid
lambdoidal
lambency
lambent
lambently
lamber
lambert

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAMBDACISM

agnosticism
antiracism
athleticism
classicism
etacism
exorcism
exoticism
fascism
literary criticism
mosaicism
ostracism
racism
reverse racism
scepticism
scholasticism
self-criticism
skepticism
supremacism
textual criticism
witticism

Synonyms and antonyms of lambdacism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lambdacism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAMBDACISM

Find out the translation of lambdacism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lambdacism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lambdacism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lambdacism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lambdacism
570 millions of speakers

English

lambdacism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lambdacism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعذر نطق اللام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

lambdacism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lambdacism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lambdacism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lambdacism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lambdacism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lambdacism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lambdacism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lambdacism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lambdacism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lambdacism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lambdacism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोंबाडेसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lambdacism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lambdacism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lambdacism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

lambdacism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lambdacism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lambdacism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lambdacism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lambdacism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lambdacism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lambdacism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAMBDACISM»

The term «lambdacism» is normally little used and occupies the 144.577 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAMBDACISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lambdacism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAMBDACISM»

Discover the use of lambdacism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lambdacism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Variation and Gradience in Phonetics and Phonology
When non-dialectal dark realizations of l are mentioned in the phonetic and phonological literature, they are treated as a speech pathology, representing a form of lambdacism. 1.2. Lambdacism Lambdacism, defined as defective pronunciation ...
Frank K Gler, Caroline Féry, Ruben Florentius Hendricus Eduardus van de Vijver, 2009
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Origins of a Creole: The History of Papiamentu and Its ...
The lack of lambdacism (/r/ > /l/) in PA and Upper Guinea PC In both PA and Upper Guinea PC, /l/ and /r/ are in phonemic contrast (Kouwenberg & Murray 1994: 8; Quint 2000a: 27). Accordingly, the cross-linguistically common process of ...
Bart Jacobs, 2012
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The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
These are two of the most common defects in pronunciation: lambdacism denotes the imperfect sounding of -/- (as by making it sound like an -r- or -y-), and rhotacism denotes the imperfect sounding of -r- (as by making it a -w- or -/-). In some ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2000
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The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics
This phenomenon is called lambdacism and it has been attested in Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Lambdacism is reportedly most frequent word-finally and is highly disfavored before a nasal consonant (Quilis 1993: 356).
José Ignacio Hualde, Antxon Olarrea, Erin O'Rourke, 2013
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The Mainz Meeting: Proceedings of the Seventh International ...
Lambdacism is usually quoted as one of the most important criteria separating the Turkic languages of the Chuvash type from the others, usually called Common Turkic (CT). An -/ can be found in some Hungarian words of Turkic origin in place ...
Lars Johanson, 1998
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The Mongolic Languages
Some of the relevant features are listed here: (1) Rhotacism-lambdacism, by which the correspondence Mongolic r l vs. Common Turkic z sh is understood, as in Mongolic *kuxur [type of lute] vs. Common Turkic *kopuz (qopuz), Mongolic ...
Juha Janhunen, 2006
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The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics
In La Jara, the rate of lambdacism is higheramong men. (c) Ageis a relevant factor in Las Palmas. In this provincial capital, wordfinal deletion is considerably reduced across generations, when moving from the third generation to the first ...
Manuel Diaz-Campos, 2011
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Observation on Speech; the causes and the cure of ...
... attention, sure of attaining to distinctness and fluency in utterance.”—1848. LAMBDACISM. Lambdacism, or defective pronunciation of the letter L, is very frequently associated with burring, and often, also, with other forms of articulative error.
Alexander Melville BELL, 1853
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The Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics
182 LAMBDACISM lambdacism Any phonological change in which another segment develops into a lateral. Lambdacism occurs sporadically in Basque: Latin theca 'pod' is borrowed as leka, French danger 'danger' as langer, and Spanish ...
Robert Lawrence Trask, 2000
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Garner's Modern American Usage
Sometimes, too, careless speakers syncopate contractions into such sounds as / kuunt/ and /wuunt/. On pronunciations as class indicators, see CLAss DIsTINCTIONs. C. Lambdacism and Rhotacism. These are two of the most common defects ...
Bryan Garner, 2009

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAMBDACISM»

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A new light on ancient Middle East religio-politics through literary …
(Refer also, Lambdacism). Historians of Arabic and Jewish religions have found that Alaha, Allah and Allat had originated from the Sinai region, ... «Lankaweb, Jul 14»

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