palatalize

A verb used in linguistics to describe the process of pronouncing a sound with the tongue raised toward the hard palate, often resulting in a palatal or palatalized consonant.

• 🌐فعل يُستعمل في علم اللغة للدلالة على نطق صوت بإقتراب اللسان من الحنك الصلب أو رفعه إليه، مما يؤدي غالبًا إلى إنتاج صوت حنكي أو مفخم أو مصحوب بتلطيف.

1. Pronounce with tongue against palate C2 formal

   To articulate a consonant sound by raising the tongue toward or against the hard palate, giving it a softer or more 'y'-like quality.

   • In Russian, speakers often palatalize consonants before certain vowels.
   • Linguists study how different languages palatalize sounds.
   • The student learned to palatalize the 'n' sound in Spanish.

   🌐تَلْيِين الصوت

• palatalized past participle
• palatalized past simple
• palatalizing present participle
• palatalizes third person singular