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depalatalise

depalatalise is the alternative spelling of depalatalize.

Meaning of depalatalize

Verb

depalatalize (third-person singular simple present depalatalizes, present participle depalatalizing, simple past and past participle depalatalized)

  1. (transitive) To modify (a sound) so that it is no longer palatal or phonetically palatalized.
  2. (intransitive) To be modified so that it is no longer palatal or palatalized.

Forms of depalatalise

third-person singular presentdepalatalises
present participledepalatalising
past participledepalatalised
pastdepalatalised

Origin of depalatalise

From de- + palatalise.

Questions about depalatalise

What is depalatalise the alternative spelling of?
Depalatalise is the alternative spelling of depalatalize.

Words near depalatalise in the dictionary

  1. depainting
  2. depaints
  3. depaired
  4. depairing
  5. depairings
  6. depalatalise
  7. depalatalised
  8. depalatalises
  9. depalatalising
  10. depalatalization
  11. depalatalizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: depalatalise (page history and authors); depalatalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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