Lallation \Lal*la"tion\, n. [L. lallare to sing lalla, or lullaby: cf. F. lallation.] An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.
lallation n 1: defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l' 2: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: {babble}, {babbling}]