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palatalize
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As a verb, palatalize means pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.
Meanings of palatalize
2 meaningsverb
phoneticsTo pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.
“Most English speakers palatalize the letter t in the word "nature".”
phoneticsunaccusativeof a soundTo be pronounced with the tongue against the palate.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
verb: pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate
palatalise
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