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palatalize
transitive verb palatalized, palatalizing
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
Related Forms:
- palatalization noun
See palatalize in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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