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palatalize definition

pala·tal·ize (-īz′)

transitive verb palatalized -·ized′, palatalizing -·iz′·ing

Phonet. to articulate as a palatal sound; specif., to change (a nonpalatal sound) into a palatal sound the original sound represented by t in “nature” has been palatalized to (c̸h); Russian contains many palatalized sounds

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