Meanings
nounnonpalatalization (countable and uncountable, plural nonpalatalizations)
plural nonpalatalizations
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe state or quality of not being palatalized, of not pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth.
The presence or absence of the palatalization is marked by the following vowels (or by one of two special letters, ъ, the 'hard sign', denoting the nonpalatalization, and ь, the soft sign noting the palletization).
2012, Martin Neef, Anneke Neijt, Richard Sproat, The Relation of Writing to Spoken Language, page 59 - countablehuman sciencesAn instance of pronunciation in which a sound is nonpalatalized.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
- Latinpalātum
- Old Frenchpalat
- Middle Englishpalate
- Englishpalate
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishpalatal
- Englishpalatalize
- Englishpalatalization
- Englishnonpalatalization
From non- + palatalization.
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APA
nonpalatalization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpalatalization
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“nonpalatalization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpalatalization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonpalatalization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpalatalization.
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