palatalization

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.

   The word "nature" is commonly pronounced with a palatalization of the letter t to sound like ch.

2. noun An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.

Similar words

velar palatalisation palatality palatization palatalism palatal palatovelar linguopalatal pharyngealization pharyngalization

Often followed by

of in is and rule before process was processes

Word family

palatalizations