palatalized

American  

[pal-uh-tl-ahyzd] / ˈpæl ə tlˌaɪzd /

adjective

1. Phonetics. pronounced with secondary palatal articulation.

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Etymology

Origin of palatalized

First recorded in 1865–70; palatalize + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The ultimate origin of the word is obscure; the early forms appear with a palatalized initial letter, still surviving in such dialectical forms as “yate,” or in Scots “yett.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Again there is a tendency to insert a sibilant in the group rt, thus ceart, “right,” is sounded kearšt, and the distinction between palatalized and non-palatalized sounds is not so rigidly observed as in Irish.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

In other dialects, however, it had been palatalized to a sibilant before i-sounds some time before the Christian era; e.g. in the Umbrian fa�ia = Latin facial.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Just to what extent g, c, sc were palatalized in O. Nhb. is not definitely known.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

This Lindelöf explains as due to the different quality of the h—in W.  S. it was guttural, hence caused breaking; in Nhb. it was palatal and hence the preceding a was palatalized to æ.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias