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palatality

palatality noun: the quality of being a palatal sound (a sound articulated at the hard palate).

Noun

palatality (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a palatal sound (a sound articulated at the hard palate).

Origin of palatality

From palatal + -ity.

Questions about palatality

What does palatality mean?
Palatality means the quality of being a palatal sound (a sound articulated at the hard palate).
What part of speech is palatality?
Palatality is a noun.

Words near palatality in the dictionary

  1. palatalise
  2. palatalised
  3. palatalises
  4. palatalising
  5. palatalism
  6. palatality
  7. palatalizable
  8. palatalization
  9. palatalizational
  10. palatalizations
  11. palatalize

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