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palatalize
[ pal-uh-tl-ahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to articulate (a consonant other than a normal palatal) as a palatal or with relatively more contact between the blade of the tongue and the hard palate, as in certain pronunciations of the l- sound in million.
verb (used without object)
- (of a consonant) to undergo palatalization.
palatalize
/ ˈpælətəˌlaɪz /
verb
- tr to pronounce (a speech sound) with the blade of the tongue touching the palate
Derived Forms
- ˌpalataliˈzation, noun
Other Words From
- pala·tal·i·zation noun
- nonpal·a·tal·i·zation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of palatalize1
Example Sentences
The ultimate origen of the word is obscure; the early forms appear with a palatalized initial letter, still surviving in such dialectical forms as “yate,” or in Scots “yett.”
In other dialects, however, it had been palatalized to a sibilant before i-sounds some time before the Christian era; e.g. in the Umbrian fa�ia = Latin facial.
This Lindelöf explains as due to the different quality of the h—in W. S. it was guttural, hence caused breaking; in Nhb. it was palatal and hence the preceding a was palatalized to æ.
Just to what extent g, c, sc were palatalized in O. Nhb. is not definitely known.
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