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.

• 🇪🇸Verbo usado en lingüística para describir el proceso de articular un sonido elevando la lengua hacia el paladar duro, lo que a menudo produce una consonante palatal o palatalizada.

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.

   🇪🇸Palatalizar

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