different between lisp vs clos

English

Alternative forms

• lipsey
• lithp (humorous)

Etymology

From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in ?wlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adj), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).

Pronunciation

• Standard: IPA^(key): /l?sp/
• Humorous:
  1. IPA^(key): /l??p/
  2. IPA^(key): /l?l?sp/
• Rhymes: -?sp

Noun

lisp (plural lisps)

1. The habit or an act of lisping.

Derived terms

• lispy

Translations

Verb

lisp (third-person singular simple present lisps, present participle lisping, simple past and past participle lisped)

1. To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/?/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.

2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.
3. (archaic) To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
   • 1597, Michael Drayton, England's Heroical Epistles

     Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt.

4. (archaic) to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
   • 1848, Henry Walter (editor) William Tyndale (originally author), Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

     to speak unto them after their own capacity, and to lisp the words unto them , according as the babes and children of that age might sound them againagain
5. (archaic) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.
   • 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds

     "You have done well, sir," said Delwood, calmly, as he placed double the amount of Mrs. Santon's bribe in the Signor's hand; "you have done well, sir; and mark my words,—gold can never relieve a guilty conscience! Go, sir, and see that you lisp not a syllable of this to any one."

Derived terms

• lisper

Translations

See also

• brogue
• drawl
• lallation
• lilt
• twang

Anagrams

• LIPs, LSPI, lips, pils, slip

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan claus), from Latin clausus (compare French clos, Italian chiuso).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kl?s/

Adjective

clos (feminine closa, masculine plural closos, feminine plural closes)

1. enclosed
2. (figuratively) retiring, incommunicative

Noun

clos m (plural closos)

1. enclosure

Verb

clos m (feminine closa, masculine plural closos, feminine plural closes)

1. past participle of cloure

French

Etymology

Past participle of clore. From Old French clos. Corresponds to Latin clausus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klo/

Verb

clos m (feminine singular close, masculine plural clos, feminine plural closes)

1. past participle of clore

Adjective

clos (feminine singular close, masculine plural clos, feminine plural closes)

1. closed, shut

   Synonym: fermé

2. shut in, enclosed

Derived terms

Noun

clos m (plural clos)

1. A piece of cultivated land surrounded by walls or hedges, especially a small vineyard.

Related terms

• cloison
• closement
• enclos

Further reading

• “clos” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• cols, LOSC

Irish

Noun

clos m (genitive singular cloiste)

1. verbal noun of clois and cluin

Synonyms

• cloisteáil
• cluinstin
• cloisint

Mutation

Old French

Etymology

From Latin clausum, clausus.

Noun

clos m (oblique plural clos, nominative singular clos, nominative plural clos)

1. enclosed outdoor area, such as a field or a paddock

Descendants

• Norman: clios (Jersey), cllos (continental Normandy)

Verb

clos

1. past participle of clore

Descendants

• English: close (in part)
• French: clos

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

clos m

1. checkmate
2. (music) rest

Derived terms

• cuir clos air (“to checkmate”)

Mutation