speech defect

In September 1851, hoping to be a missionary in the Orient, he asked to be admitted to the Foreign Missions seminary in Paris but he was refused because of a speech defect.
En septembre 1851, dans l’espoir d’être missionnaire en Orient, il demanda son admission au séminaire des Missions étrangères de Paris, où on le refusa à cause de son zézaiement.
Luisina speaks like that because she has a speech defect.
Luisina parle ainsi parce qu'elle a un problème d'élocution.
They can get a speech defect due to severe stress, traumatic brain injury or fright.
Ils peuvent avoir un défaut de langage dû à un stress sévère, une lésion cérébrale traumatique ou une peur.
My cousin mispronounces some words because he has a speech defect.
Mon cousin prononce mal certains mots parce qu'il a un défaut de diction.
Sergio's speech defect is the butt of all the school bully's jokes.
Le défaut d'élocution de Sergio est la cible de toutes les moqueries du tyran de l'école.
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