English-Finnish translations for palatalization

• liudennus
• liudentuminen
• palatalisaatio
• palatalisointi

Definition of palatalization

• The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not
• An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized

Examples

• The word "nature" is commonly pronounced with a palatalization of the letter t to sound like ch.

Related words

• palatalize
• palatalised
• palatalisation
• palatalise