depalatalize
English
Alternative forms
- depalatalise (Commonwealth)
Etymology
de- + palatalize
Verb
depalatalize (third-person singular simple present depalatalizes, present participle depalatalizing, simple past and past participle depalatalized)
- (phonetics, transitive) To modify (a sound) so that it is no longer palatal or phonetically palatalized.
- (phonetics, intransitive, unaccusative, of a sound) To be modified so that it is no longer palatal or palatalized.
Antonyms
- palatalize