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Definition of Palatalize
1. Verb. Pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate.
Generic synonyms: Articulate, Enounce, Enunciate, Pronounce, Say, Sound Out
Definition of Palatalize
1. v. t. To palatize.
Definition of Palatalize
1. Verb. (linguistics) To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palatalize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palatalize
Literary usage of Palatalize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geographic Board (1916)
"The latter serves to palatalize the preceding consonant; following No. 15, which
has the simple sound n, it forms with It gn or gne, which are to be ..."
2. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"... the tendency to palatalize /k/ and /g/ before the front vowels /e, i/ without
subsequent loss of the vowel. Apparently, at first there was just a slight ..."
3. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"In Romance /r/ does not normally palatalize so that there would be no temptation
for speakers to merge the palatal with the consonant. ..."
4. An Outline of the Phonology and Morphology of Old Provençal by Charles Hall Grandgent (1905)
"... the i remained long enough (perhaps under the influence of the nominative
mulier) to palatalize the l. INITIAL SYLLABLE. 41. Usually, in the literary ..."
5. On Early English Pronunciation: With Special Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, William Salesbury, Francis James Child, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Alexander Barclay, Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, Johan Winkler (1869)
"Not only does, however, a palatal vowel by direct action, or occasionally a
guttural vowel by contrary action, tend to palatalize a consonant, ..."
6. The English Language and English Grammar: An Historical Study of the Sources by Samuel Ramsey (1892)
"But when a palatal vowel (fl) or, what is the same thing, the semivowel y or (yu)
follows, there is a tendency to palatalize the ..."
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