PALATALIZE

palatalize, palatalise

(verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

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

(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

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

Source: Wiktionary

Pal"a*tal*ize, v. t. (Phon.)

Definition: To palatize.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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