verb🔗ShareTo pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced."Most English speakers palatalize the letter t in the word "nature"."phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(unaccusative, of a sound) To be pronounced with the tongue against the palate."In some dialects, the 'k' sound in "skin" palatalizes before the 'i', becoming closer to a 'ky' sound. "languagephoneticslinguisticssoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
