palatalize
About 0.00 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To 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".
- verb To be pronounced with the tongue against the palate.
Similar words
palatalise laryngealize phonate dentalize soften dentalise lingualize sound interdentalize phonologize
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Word family
palatalized palatalizes palatalizing
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