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alalia

a·la·li·a
A a

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-ley-lee-uh, uh-leyl-yuh]
    • /əˈleɪ li ə, əˈleɪl yə/
    • /əlˈeɪliə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-ley-lee-uh, uh-leyl-yuh]
    • /əˈleɪ li ə, əˈleɪl yə/

Definitions of alalia word

  • noun alalia a complete inability to speak; mutism 3
  • noun alalia an inability to speak. 1
  • noun alalia (medicine) The loss of the ability to speak, especially due to paralysis of the vocal cords. 1

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Origin of alalia

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
1875-80; a-6 + Greek lalia talk, chatter, equivalent to lal(leîn) to talk, chatter + -ia -y3

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Parts of speech for Alalia

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

alalia popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

alalia usage trend in Literature

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