palatalisation
French, noun/pa.la.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃/
palatalisation is spelled P-A-L-A-T-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written French, the 157,622nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palatalisation is a French feminine noun meaning “palatalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Modification phonétique dans laquelle un son est produit par une partie plus à l’avant du palais dur que…”.
What does palatalisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepalatalization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Modification phonétique dans laquelle un son est produit par une partie plus à l’avant du palais dur que celle utilisée pour le son d’origine.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of palatalisation
- palatalisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palatalisation?
- /pa.la.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃/
- \pa.la.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palatalisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palatalisation in French?
palatalisation appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).