palatalization

English

Alternative forms

• palatalisation

Etymology

palatal +‎ -ization or palatalize +‎ -ation. Earliest instance 1863 (palatalisation does already occur in 1862 in W. H. I. Bleek's A comparative grammar of South African languages. Part I. Phonology)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpælətəlɪˈzeɪʃən/

Noun

palatalization (countable and uncountable, plural palatalizations)

1. (phonology, uncountable) 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. (phonology, countable) An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.

Derived terms

• first palatalization
• second palatalization

 

Translations

state

• Armenian: քմայնացում (hy) (kʿmaynacʿum), փափկացում (hy) (pʿapʿkacʿum)
• Catalan: palatalització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顎化／颚化 (èhuà), 腭化 (zh) (èhuà), 顎音化／颚音化 (zh) (èyīnhuà), 腭音化 (èyīnhuà)

• Danish: palatalisering
• Finnish: liudentuminen (fi), palatalisaatio (fi)
• French: palatalisation (fr) f
• Galician: palatalización (gl) f
• Greek: ουρανικοποίηση f (ouranikopoíisi), ουράνωση f (ouránosi)
• Irish: caoile f
• Italian: palatalizzazione f
• Japanese: 口蓋音化 (こうがいおんか, kōgai onka)
• Korean: 구개음화(口蓋音化) (ko) (gugaeeumhwa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тагнайшил (mn) (tagnajšil), тагнайших (mn) (tagnajšix) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠯ (taŋnayisil), ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠬᠤ (taŋnayisiqu)

• Norwegian: palatalisering (no)
• Polish: palatalizacja f, zmiękczenie n
• Portuguese: palatalização f, palatização f
• Russian: палатализа́ция (ru) f (palatalizácija), смягче́ние (ru) n (smjaxčénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: palatachadh m
• Spanish: palatalización (es) f
• Swedish: palatalisering (sv)
• Welsh: taflodoli m

instance

• Armenian: քմայնացում (hy) (kʿmaynacʿum), փափկացում (hy) (pʿapʿkacʿum)
• Catalan: palatalització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顎音化／颚音化 (zh) (èyīnhuà)

• Finnish: liudennus (fi), palatalisointi
• French: palatalisation (fr) f
• Galician: palatalización (gl) f
• Georgian: პალატალიზაცია (ṗalaṭalizacia)
• German: Palatalisierung f
• Irish: caolú m
• Italian: palatalizzazione f
• Japanese: 口蓋音化 (こうがいおんか, kōgaionka)
• Korean: 구개음화(口蓋音化) (ko) (gugaeeumhwa)
• Polish: palatalizacja f, zmiękczenie n
• Portuguese: palatalização f, palatização f
• Russian: палатализа́ция (ru) f (palatalizácija), смягче́ние (ru) n (smjaxčénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: palatachadh m
• Spanish: palatalización (es) f
• Welsh: taflodoliad m

Further reading

• palatalization (sound change) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• palatalization (phonetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia