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Palatalize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To pronounce as or alter to a palatal sound.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make palatal; change from a guttural to a palatal pronunciation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate

Word Usage

"Soon, though, you begin to recognize that the words you don't understand are in fact English: They palatalize the short e and a when they're in a stressed syllable."

Verb Form

palatalized

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

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