verb
- to change (a sound) into a palatal sound or to pronounce with a palatal quality
Usage: linguistics; British English spelling (American: palatalizes)
Examples
- In some languages, velar consonants palatalise before front vowels.
- The phonological rule palatalises the /k/ sound when it precedes /i/.
- Historically, Latin /k/ palatalises in certain Romance language dialects.
- The speaker palatalises the consonant due to regional accent patterns.