palatalise

• Verbe utilisé en linguistique pour décrire le processus de prononciation d'un son en rapprochant la langue du palais dur ou la modification d'un son de cette manière.

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.

   palataliser

   • 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.

   Synonymessoften