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Adjective palatalized has 1 sense

palatal, palatalized, palatalised - produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')
Antonym: hard (indirect, via soft)

Verb palatalize has 1 sense

palatalize, palatalise - pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate
--₁ is one way to pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something