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PALATALISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does palatalise mean?
• PALATALISE (verb)
The verb PALATALISE has 1 sense:
1. pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate
Familiarity information: PALATALISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they palatalise ... he / she / it palatalises
Past simple: palatalised
Past participle: palatalised
-ing form: palatalising
... he / she / it palatalises Past simple: palatalised
Past participle: palatalised
-ing form: palatalising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
palatalise; palatalize
Hypernyms (to "palatalise" is one way to...):
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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