Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb Same as
palatalize .
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- verb Alternative spelling of
palatalize .
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- verb pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate
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Examples
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But most words do not palatalise: assûme has the y sound, as can sûit, while sûture and sûper have a plain s sound.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Occasionally with the combination sû there is a tendency to palatalise fully and pronounce the
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Occasionally with the combination sû there is a tendency to palatalise fully and pronounce the s as sh, as for example in sûre certain, which BrE speakers can make sound like the name Shåw, and which never sounds like sewêr waste, and in íssue (* íshue - though there is a recent trend back to * íssyue) and tíssue.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Occasionally with the combination sû there is a tendency to palatalise fully and pronounce the s as sh, as for example in sûre certain, which BrE speakers can make sound like the name Shåw, and which never sounds like sewêr waste,
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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But most words do not palatalise: assûme has the y sound, as can sûit, while sûture and sûper have a plain s sound.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Occasionally with the combination sû there is a tendency to palatalise fully and pronounce the
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Occasionally with the combination sû there is a tendency to palatalise fully and pronounce the
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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But most words do not palatalise: assûme has the y sound, as usually doess ûit, while sûture and sûper have a plain s sound., which BrE speakers can make sound like the name
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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But most words do not palatalise: assûme has the y sound, as can sûit, while sûture and sûper have a plain s sound.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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But most words do not palatalise: assûme has the y sound, as usually does sûit, while sûture and sûper have a plain s sound.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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