palatalise

Questions about palatalise

What does palatalise mean?

palatalise means "pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate".

How many syllables are in palatalise?

palatalise has 4 syllables: pa-la-ta-lise. The stress falls on "la".

What is another word for palatalise?

Close synonyms include palatalize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is palatalise a common word?

palatalise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.