palatalize
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Verb [edit]
palatalize (third-person singular simple present palatalizes, present participle palatalizing, simple past and past participle palatalized)
- (linguistics) 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".
