different between palatalize vs palatalization

English

Alternative forms

• palatalise

Etymology

palatal +? -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæl?t?la?z/
• Hyphenation: pal?a?tal?ize
• Rhymes: -a?z

Verb

palatalize (third-person singular simple present palatalizes, present participle palatalizing, simple past and past participle palatalized)

1. (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.

   Synonym: palatize

2. (phonetics, intransitive, unaccusative, of a sound) To be pronounced with the tongue against the palate.

Derived terms

• depalatalize
• palatalization

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• palatalisation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæl?t?la??ze???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæl?t?l??ze???n/

Etymology

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)

Noun

palatalization (countable and uncountable, plural palatalizations)

1. (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.

2. (phonology, countable) An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.

Translations

Further reading

• palatalization (sound change) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• palatalization (phonetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia