Third-person singular simple present indicative form of palatize

Pleasing to the taste, tasty. / (figuratively) Tolerable, acceptable.

(phonology, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.

present participle of palatalize

simple past tense and past participle of palatalize

Alternative form of palatalised

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of palatalize

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

(transitive, nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.

(zoology) A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates, somewhat analagous to the palate of vertebrates. / (entomology, rare) The hypopharynx of an insect.