speech disorder

noun

Any mental or bodily malfunction that makes expressing oneself by speech difficult.

Similar
speech defectdefect of speech

Meanings

nounspeech disorder (plural speech disorders)

plural speech disorders

  1. medicineAny mental or bodily malfunction that makes expressing oneself by speech difficult.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna disorder of oral speech

Similar
speech defectdefect of speech

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic اِضْطِرَاب كَلَام
  • اِضْطِرَاب كَلَام (iḍṭirāb kalām)malfunction
Catalan trastorn de la parla
  • trastorn de la parlamalfunction
Chinese Mandarin 言語障礙 /言语障碍
  • 言語障礙 /言语障碍 (yányǔ zhàng'ài)malfunction
Czech vada řeči
  • vada řečimalfunction
Danish talefejl
  • talefejlmalfunction
Dutch spraakgebrek
  • spraakgebrekmalfunction
Finnish puhehäiriö
  • puhehäiriömalfunction
French défaut de prononciation, défaut d'élocution
  • défaut de prononciationmalfunction
  • défaut d'élocutionmalfunction
  • trouble du langagemalfunction
  • trouble de la parolemalfunction
German Sprachfehler
  • Sprachfehlermalfunction
Hungarian beszédhiba, beszédzavar
  • beszédhibamalfunction
  • beszédzavarmalfunction
Italian disturbi del linguaggio, disturbo del linguaggio
  • disturbi del linguaggiomalfunction
  • disturbo del linguaggiomalfunction
Polish zaburzenie mowy
  • zaburzenie mowymalfunction
Spanish trastornos del lenguaje
  • trastornos del lenguajemalfunction
Swedish talfel, talstörning
  • talfelmalfunction
  • talstörningmalfunction
Turkish konuşma bozukluğu
  • konuşma bozukluğumalfunction
Cite this entry
APA

speech disorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speech%20disorder

MLA

“speech disorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speech%20disorder. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speech disorder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speech%20disorder.

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