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depalatalize

depalatalize verb: to modify (a sound) so that it is no longer palatal or phonetically palatalized.

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.

Antonyms of depalatalize

Forms of depalatalize

third-person singular presentdepalatalizes
present participledepalatalizing
past participledepalatalized
pastdepalatalized
alternative Commonwealthdepalatalise

Origin of depalatalize

From de- + palatalize.

Questions about depalatalize

What does depalatalize mean?
Depalatalize means to modify (a sound) so that it is no longer palatal or phonetically palatalized.
What part of speech is depalatalize?
Depalatalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of depalatalize?
The past tense of depalatalize is depalatalized.

Words near depalatalize in the dictionary

  1. depalatalised
  2. depalatalises
  3. depalatalising
  4. depalatalization
  5. depalatalizations
  6. depalatalize
  7. depalatalized
  8. depalatalizes
  9. depalatalizing
  10. depalletization
  11. depalletize

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