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Palatalized

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v. Simple past tense and past participle of palatalize.

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adj. Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate as "y"; or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate as "ch" in "chin" or "j" in "gin".

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adj. produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')

Word Usage

"We know that pronouns and numerals contain the so-called palatalized stops exclusively and yet this is completely counter to the principle of phonological markedness."

Equivalent

soft

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

palatal

Verb Stem

palatalize