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 language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (unaccusative, of a sound) To be pronounced with the tongue against the palate. Examples : "In some dialects, the 'k' sound in "skin" palatalizes before the 'i', becoming closer to a 'ky' sound. " language phonetics linguistics sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading