depalatalize
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Etymology edit
de- + palatalize
Verb edit
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.