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dentalize

dentalize verb: to make (a speech sound) dental.

Verb

dentalize (third-person singular simple present dentalizes, present participle dentalizing, simple past and past participle dentalized)

  1. (transitive) To make (a speech sound) dental.

Forms of dentalize

third-person singular presentdentalizes
present participledentalizing
past participledentalized
pastdentalized

Origin of dentalize

From dental + -ize.

Questions about dentalize

What does dentalize mean?
Dentalize means to make (a speech sound) dental.
What part of speech is dentalize?
Dentalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dentalize?
The past tense of dentalize is dentalized.

Words near dentalize in the dictionary

  1. dentality
  2. dentalium
  3. dentaliums
  4. dentalization
  5. dentalizations
  6. dentalize
  7. dentalized
  8. dentalizes
  9. dentalizing
  10. dentally
  11. dentalosplenial

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