PALATALISED

palatal, palatalized, palatalised

(adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as ‘y’) or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as ‘ch’ in ‘chin’ or ‘j’ in ‘gin’)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

palatalised (comparative more palatalised, superlative most palatalised)

(phonetics, phonology, chiefly, British) Having undergone palatalisation.

Verb

palatalised

simple past tense and past participle of palatalise

Source: Wiktionary



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