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.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé en linguistique pour décrire le processus de prononciation d'un son en élevant la langue vers le palais dur, ce qui entraîne souvent la formation d'une consonne palatale ou palatalisée.

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.

   🇫🇷Palataliser

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