"palatalize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈpælətəlaɪz/ Forms: palatalizes [present, singular, third-person], palatalizing [participle, present], palatalized [participle, past], palatalized [past]
Rhymes: -aɪz Etymology: palatal + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|palatal|ize}} palatal + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} palatalize (third-person singular simple present palatalizes, present participle palatalizing, simple past and past participle palatalized)
  1. (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: palatize Translations (to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate): քմայնացնել (kʻmaynacʻnel) (Armenian), փափկացնել (pʻapʻkacʻnel) (Armenian), palatalitzar (Catalan), palatalisoida (Finnish), palataliser (French), palatalizar (Galician), palatalisieren (German), palatalizzare (Italian), palatalizować (Polish), palatalizar (Portuguese), palataliza (Romanian), палатализова́ть (palatalizovátʹ) (Russian), палатализи́ровать (palatalizírovatʹ) (Russian), palatalizar (Spanish), palatalisera (Swedish), палаталізува́ти (palatalizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), м'якши́ти (mʺjakšýty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), пом'я́кшувати (pomʺjákšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), пом'якши́ти (pomʺjakšýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-palatalize-en-verb-pk5~m9gQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 60 40 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate': 62 38
  2. (phonetics, intransitive, unaccusative, of a sound) To be pronounced with the tongue against the palate. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-palatalize-en-verb-gdUMTCD6 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: palatalise Derived forms: depalatalize, palatalization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
          "word": "palataliser"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
          "word": "palatalizar"
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          "word": "palatalizzare"
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      "rhymes": "-aɪz"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻmaynacʻnel",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "քմայնացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻapʻkacʻnel",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "փափկացնել"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "palatalitzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "palatalisoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "palataliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "palatalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "palatalisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "palatalizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "palatalizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "palatalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "palataliza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "palatalizovátʹ",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "палатализова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "palatalizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "палатализи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "palatalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "word": "palatalisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "palatalizuváty",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
      "tags": [
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "палаталізува́ти"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mʺjakšýty",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
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      "word": "м'якши́ти"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pomʺjákšuvaty",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pomʺjakšýty",
      "sense": "to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate",
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      "word": "пом'якши́ти"
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