different between pronounce vs palatalize

English

Etymology

Recorded since c.1330 as Middle English pronouncen (“to utter, declare officially”), from Old French prononcier, from Latin pr?n?nti?, itself from pr?- (“forth, out, in public”) + n?nti? (“I announce”) from n?ntius (“messenger”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???na?ns/
• Rhymes: -a?ns

Verb

pronounce (third-person singular simple present pronounces, present participle pronouncing, simple past and past participle pronounced)

1. (transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.

2. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
   1. (transitive) To pronounce dead.
      • 2015, April 30, Carol H. Allan, David R. Fowler (medical examiners), Freddie Gray autopsy: excerpt from the report, published in The Baltimore Sun, June 24, 2015

        Despite resuscitative efforts, Mr. Gray was pronounced on 4/19/2015.

3. (intransitive) To pass judgment.

4. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
   • 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, page 182:

     They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.
   1. (in passive) To sound like.

5. (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.

6. (transitive) To read aloud.

Derived terms

Related terms

• pronouncement
• pronunciation

Translations

Anagrams

• couponner

English

Alternative forms

• palatalise

Etymology

palatal +? -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæl?t?la?z/
• Hyphenation: pal?a?tal?ize
• Rhymes: -a?z

Verb

palatalize (third-person singular simple present palatalizes, present participle palatalizing, simple past and past participle palatalized)

1. (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.

   Synonym: palatize

2. (phonetics, intransitive, unaccusative, of a sound) To be pronounced with the tongue against the palate.

Derived terms

• depalatalize
• palatalization

Translations