palatalization

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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• General-American: /ˌpælətəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth2-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh2-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate English -al English palatal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization ▲ English palatal ▲ English -ize English palatalize ▲ English -ation English palatalization From palatal + -ization or palatalize + -ation. First attested in 1863 in this spelling, 1862 in the spelling palatalisation.

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: քմայնացում (kʻmaynacʻum) — state
• Armenian: փափկացում (pʻapʻkacʻum) — state
• Basque: bustidura — state
• Bulgarian: палатализа́ция (palatalizácija) — state
• Catalan: palatalització — state
• Chinese Mandarin: 顎化 /颚化 (èhuà) — state
• Chinese Mandarin: 腭化 (èhuà) — state
• Chinese Mandarin: 顎音化 /颚音化 (èyīnhuà) — state
• Chinese Mandarin: 腭音化 (èyīnhuà) — state
• Czech: palatalizace — state
• Danish: palatalisering — state
• Estonian: peenendus — state
• Estonian: palatalisatsioon — state
• Finnish: liudentuminen — state
• Finnish: palatalisaatio — state
• French: palatalisation — state
• Galician: palatalización — state
• Greek: ουρανικοποίηση (ouranikopoíisi) — state
• Greek: ουράνωση (ouránosi) — state
• Hungarian: palatalizáció — state
• Irish: caoile — state
• Italian: palatalizzazione — state
• Japanese: 口蓋音化 (kōgai onka) — state
• Kashmiri: تالرَن (tālran) — state
• Korean: 구개음화 (gugaeeumhwa) — state
• Mongolian: тагнайшил (tagnajšil) — state
• Mongolian: тагнайших (tagnajšix) — state
• Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠯ (tangnayisil) — state
• Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠬᠤ (tangnayisiqu) — state
• Norwegian: palatalisering — state
• Polish: palatalizacja — state
• Polish: zmiękczenie — state
• Portuguese: palatalização — state
• Portuguese: palatização — state
• Russian: палатализа́ция (palatalizácija) — state
• Russian: смягче́ние (smjaxčénije) — state
• Scottish Gaelic: palatachadh — state
• Serbo-Croatian: palatalizacija — state
• Slovak: palatalizácia — state
• Spanish: palatalización — state
• Swedish: palatalisering — state
• Vietnamese: vòm hoá — state
• Welsh: taflodoli — state
• Armenian: քմայնացում (kʻmaynacʻum) — instance
• Armenian: փափկացում (pʻapʻkacʻum) — instance
• Bulgarian: палатализа́ция (palatalizácija) — instance
• Catalan: palatalització — instance
• Chinese Mandarin: 顎音化 /颚音化 (èyīnhuà) — instance
• Estonian: peenendus — instance
• Estonian: palatalisatsioon — instance
• Finnish: liudennus — instance
• Finnish: palatalisointi — instance
• French: palatalisation — instance
• Galician: palatalización — instance
• Georgian: პალატალიზაცია (ṗalaṭalizacia) — instance
• German: Palatalisierung — instance
• Hungarian: palatalizálás — instance
• Irish: caolú — instance
• Italian: palatalizzazione — instance
• Japanese: 口蓋音化 (kōgaionka) — instance
• Kashmiri: تالرَن (tālran) — instance
• Korean: 구개음화 (gugaeeumhwa) — instance
• Polish: palatalizacja — instance
• Polish: zmiękczenie — instance
• Portuguese: palatalização — instance
• Portuguese: palatização — instance
• Russian: палатализа́ция (palatalizácija) — instance
• Russian: смягче́ние (smjaxčénije) — instance
• Scottish Gaelic: palatachadh — instance
• Spanish: palatalización — instance
• Vietnamese: vòm hoá — instance
• Welsh: taflodoliad — instance