parentese

Meaning of parentese

  1. A way of speech used by parents, particularly mothers, when talking to toddlers and infants. It uses a higher-pitched, warm voice, slow speed, and simplified vocabulary and grammar.
  2. A non-standard form of language used by adults when talking to toddlers and infants which is characterized by high pitch, reduced syntactic complexity and simplified vocabulary.

Information about parentese

  • Languages ​​in which parentese is used:

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Hyphenation of parentese

par-entese

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • parentese is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of parentese

Praeneste

Words that rhyme with parentese

Efatese, bureaucratese, diplomatese, phosphatese, Maltese, maltese, Piedmontese, Vermontese, governmentese, Hottentotese, Cortese, Gilbertese

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