verb Download 🔗Share To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced. Examples : "Most English speakers palatalize the letter t in the word "nature"." phonetics linguistics language sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (unaccusative, of a sound) To be pronounced with the tongue against the palate. Examples : "The 'k' in "kind" sometimes palatalizes before a front vowel sound, becoming almost like a "ch" sound. " phonetics linguistics language sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading