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Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum

Examples

1.Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants

Antonym

adjective

(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')

Similar_to

adjective

produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing')

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