palatalization

English

Alternative forms

palatalisation

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.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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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

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English palatal

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English -ize

English palatalize

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English -ation

English palatalization

From palatal +‎ -ization or palatalize +‎ -ation. First attested in 1863 in this spelling, 1862 in the spelling palatalisation.^[1]

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
Bulgarian: палатализа́ция f (palatalizácija)
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)
Czech: palatalizace f
Danish: palatalisering
Estonian: peenendus, palatalisatsioon
Finnish: liudentuminen (fi), palatalisaatio (fi)
French: palatalisation (fr) f
Galician: palatalización (gl) f
Greek: ουρανικοποίηση f (ouranikopoíisi), ουράνωση f (ouránosi)
Hungarian: palatalizáció
Irish: caoile f
Italian: palatalizzazione f
Japanese: 口蓋音化 (こうがいおんか, kōgai onka)
Kashmiri: تالرَن (tālran)
Korean: 구개음화(口蓋音化) (ko) (gugaeeumhwa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тагнайшил (mn) (tagnajšil), тагнайших (mn) (tagnajšix) (China)

Mongolian script: ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠯ (tangnayisil), ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠬᠤ (tangnayisiqu)
Norwegian: palatalisering (no)
Polish: palatalizacja (pl) f, zmiękczenie n
Portuguese: palatalização (pt) f, palatização (pt) f
Russian: палатализа́ция (ru) f (palatalizácija), смягче́ние (ru) n (smjaxčénije)
Scottish Gaelic: palatachadh m
Serbo-Croatian: palatalizacija f
Slovak: palatalizácia f
Spanish: palatalización (es) f
Swedish: palatalisering (sv)
Vietnamese: vòm hoá
Welsh: taflodoli m

instance

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

References

^ the latter in 1862, W. H. I. Bleek, A comparative grammar of South African languages, Part I, Phonology