palatalization

noun
/ˌpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/UK/ˌpælətəlɪˈzeɪʃən/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English palatal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization ▲ English palatal ▲ English -ize English palatalize ▲ English -ation English palatalization From palatal + -ization or palatalize + -ation. First attested in 1863 in this spelling, 1862 in the spelling palatalisation.

  1. derived from -ationbor
  2. derived from -iserbor
  3. derived from -izōder
  4. derived from -ālisbor
  5. derived from -albor
  6. derived from palatbor
  7. derived from palātumder

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against…

    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.
  2. An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at palatalization. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at palatalization. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at palatalization

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA