palatalization

English

Alternative forms

palatalisation

Etymology

From palatal +‎ -ization or palatalize +‎ -ation. Earliest instance 1863 (palatalisation does already occur in 1862 in W. H. I. Bleek's A comparative grammar of South African languages. Part I. Phonology).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpælətəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

palatalization (countable and uncountable, plural palatalizations)

(phonology, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.
The word "nature" is commonly pronounced with a palatalization of the letter t to sound like ch.
(phonology, countable) An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.

Derived terms

Translations

state

Armenian: քմայնացում (hy) (kʻmaynacʻum), փափկացում (hy) (pʻapʻkacʻum)
Basque: bustidura
Catalan: palatalització f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 顎化 / 颚化 (zh) (èhuà), 腭化 (èhuà), 顎音化 / 颚音化 (zh) (èyīnhuà), 腭音化 (èyīnhuà)
Danish: palatalisering
Finnish: liudentuminen (fi), palatalisaatio (fi)
French: palatalisation (fr) f
Galician: palatalización (gl) f
Greek: ουρανικοποίηση f (ouranikopoíisi), ουράνωση f (ouránosi)
Irish: caoile f
Italian: palatalizzazione f
Japanese: 口蓋音化 (こうがいおんか, kōgai onka)
Korean: 구개음화(口蓋音化) (ko) (gugaeeumhwa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тагнайшил (mn) (tagnajšil), тагнайших (mn) (tagnajšix) (China)

Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠯ (tangnayisil), ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠬᠤ (tangnayisiqu)
Norwegian: palatalisering (no)
Polish: palatalizacja (pl) f, zmiękczenie n
Portuguese: palatalização f, palatização f
Russian: палатализа́ция (ru) f (palatalizácija), смягче́ние (ru) n (smjaxčénije)
Scottish Gaelic: palatachadh m
Spanish: palatalización (es) f
Swedish: palatalisering (sv)
Welsh: taflodoli m

instance

Armenian: քմայնացում (hy) (kʻmaynacʻum), փափկացում (hy) (pʻapʻkacʻum)
Catalan: palatalització f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 顎音化 / 颚音化 (zh) (èyīnhuà)
Finnish: liudennus (fi), palatalisointi
French: palatalisation (fr) f
Galician: palatalización (gl) f
Georgian: პალატალიზაცია (ṗalaṭalizacia)
German: Palatalisierung f
Irish: caolú m
Italian: palatalizzazione f
Japanese: 口蓋音化 (こうがいおんか, kōgaionka)
Korean: 구개음화(口蓋音化) (ko) (gugaeeumhwa)
Polish: palatalizacja (pl) f, zmiękczenie n
Portuguese: palatalização f, palatização f
Russian: палатализа́ция (ru) f (palatalizácija), смягче́ние (ru) n (smjaxčénije)
Scottish Gaelic: palatachadh m
Spanish: palatalización (es) f
Welsh: taflodoliad m