palatalize (English, verb)
expansion: palatalize (third-person singular simple present palatalizes, present participle palatalizing, simple past and past participle palatalized)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.
tags: transitive
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To be pronounced with the tongue against the palate.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a sound
Forms:
form: palatalizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: palatalizing
tags: participle
present
form: palatalized
tags: participle
past
form: palatalized
tags: past
form: palatalise
tags: alternative