palatalisation

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A form 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.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounpalatalisation (countable and uncountable, plural palatalisations)

plural palatalisations

  1. UKcountablenonstandarduncountableNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of palatalization.
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