PALATALIZED

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

palatalized (comparative more palatalized, superlative most palatalized)

Alternative form of palatalised

Verb

palatalized

simple past tense and past participle of palatalize

Source: Wiktionary


PALATALIZE

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

Definition: To palatize.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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