The word "nature" is commonly pronounced with a palatalization of the letter t to sound like ch.
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Palatalization
//ˌpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "palatalization" (1 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- փափկացում noun (state)
- փափկացում noun (instance)
- քմայնացում noun (state)
- քմայնացում noun (instance)
Basque
1 entries- bustidura noun (state)
Bulgarian
2 entries- палатализа́ция noun (state)
- палатализа́ция noun (instance)
Catalan
2 entries- palatalització noun (state)
- palatalització noun (instance)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 腭化 noun (state)
- 腭音化 noun (state)
- 顎化 /颚化 noun (state)
- 顎音化 /颚音化 noun (state)
Czech
1 entries- palatalizace noun (state)
Danish
1 entries- palatalisering noun (state)
Estonian
4 entries- palatalisatsioon noun (state)
- palatalisatsioon noun (instance)
- peenendus noun (state)
- peenendus noun (instance)
Finnish
4 entries- liudennus noun (instance)
- liudentuminen noun (state)
- palatalisaatio noun (state)
- palatalisointi noun (instance)
French
2 entries- palatalisation noun (state)
- palatalisation noun (instance)
Galician
2 entries- palatalización noun (state)
- palatalización noun (instance)
Georgian
1 entries- პალატალიზაცია noun (instance)
German
1 entries- Palatalisierung noun (instance)
Greek
2 entries- ουράνωση noun (state)
- ουρανικοποίηση noun (state)
Hungarian
2 entries- palatalizáció noun (state)
- palatalizálás noun (instance)
Irish
2 entries- caoile noun (state)
- caolú noun (instance)
Italian
2 entries- palatalizzazione noun (state)
- palatalizzazione noun (instance)
Japanese
2 entries- 口蓋音化 noun (state)
- 口蓋音化 noun (instance)
Korean
2 entries- 구개음화 noun (state)
- 구개음화 noun (instance)
Mongolian
4 entries- тагнайшил noun (state)
- тагнайших noun (state)
- ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠬᠤ noun (state)
- ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠯ noun (state)
Norwegian
1 entries- palatalisering noun (state)
Polish
4 entries- palatalizacja noun (state)
- palatalizacja noun (instance)
- zmiękczenie noun (state)
- zmiękczenie noun (instance)
Portuguese
4 entries- palatalização noun (state)
- palatalização noun (instance)
- palatização noun (state)
- palatização noun (instance)
Russian
4 entries- палатализа́ция noun (state)
- палатализа́ция noun (instance)
- смягче́ние noun (state)
- смягче́ние noun (instance)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- palatachadh noun (state)
- palatachadh noun (instance)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- palatalizacija noun (state)
Slovak
1 entries- palatalizácia noun (state)
Spanish
2 entries- palatalización noun (state)
- palatalización noun (instance)
Swedish
1 entries- palatalisering noun (state)
Vietnamese
2 entries- vòm hoá noun (state)
- vòm hoá noun (instance)
Welsh
2 entries- taflodoli noun (state)
- taflodoliad noun (instance)
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