palatalised

• Término lingüístico que describe un sonido consonántico articulado con elevación del dorso de la lengua hacia el paladar duro, lo que produce una pronunciación suavizada o palatalizada.

A linguistic term describing a consonant sound that is articulated with the body of the tongue raised toward the hard palate.

1. Phonetic articulationC2formal

   Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate, as in the sound 'y', or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate, as in 'ch' in 'chin' or 'j' in 'gin'.

   palatalizado

   • The 'ch' sound in 'chin' is a palatalised consonant.
   • In some languages, palatalised consonants are distinct from non-palatalised ones.
   • The phonetician explained how palatalised sounds are articulated.

   Sinónimospalatalpalatalized

• Verbo usado en lingüística para describir el proceso de pronunciar un sonido con la lengua acercada al paladar duro, o de modificar un sonido de esa manera.

A verb used in linguistics to describe the process of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the hard palate, or to modify a sound in such a way.

1. Pronounce with tongue against palateC2formal

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

   Palatalizar

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

   Sinónimossoften