palatalize

English

Alternative forms

• palatalise

Etymology

palatal +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpælətəlaɪz/
• Hyphenation: pal‧a‧tal‧ize
• Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

palatalize (third-person singular simple present palatalizes, present participle palatalizing, simple past and past participle palatalized)

1. (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.

   Synonym: palatize

   Most English speakers palatalize the letter t in the word "nature".

2. (phonetics, intransitive, unaccusative, of a sound) To be pronounced with the tongue against the palate.

Derived terms

• depalatalize
• palatalization

Translations

to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate

• Armenian: քմայնացնել (hy) (kʻmaynacʻnel), փափկացնել (hy) (pʻapʻkacʻnel)
• Catalan: palatalitzar (ca)
• Finnish: palatalisoida (fi)
• French: palataliser (fr)
• Galician: palatalizar
• German: palatalisieren (de)
• Italian: palatalizzare
• Polish: palatalizować
• Portuguese: palatalizar
• Romanian: palataliza (ro)
• Russian: палатализова́ть (ru) (palatalizovátʹ), палатализи́ровать (ru) (palatalizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: palatalizar (es)
• Swedish: palatalisera
• Ukrainian: палаталізува́ти impf or pf (palatalizuváty), м'якши́ти impf (mʺjakšýty), пом'я́кшувати impf (pomʺjákšuvaty), пом'якши́ти pf (pomʺjakšýty)

Galician

Verb

palatalize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of palatalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

palatalize

1. inflection of palatalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative