palatal
Syllables: pal·a·tal/ˈpælətl̩/US/ˈpælətl̩/
palatal adjective: pertaining to the palate.
Adjective
palatal (comparative more palatal, superlative most palatal)
- Pertaining to the palate.
- Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
- Articulated at the hard palate.
- Articulated at the palate: dorsal.
Noun
palatal (plural palatals)
- A palatal consonant.
palatal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
palatal in Hindi
- palatal
- तालव्य tālavya
palatal in Tamil
- இடையண்ண ஒலி, இடைநா முன்னண்ணவினம்
palatal in Urdu
- تالو سے متعلق
palatal in Bengali
- palatal , ছ , জ , ঝ , ঞ , য and শ
- তালব্য talobbo
More languagesFewer languages
- palatal in Telugu
- తాలవ్యము tālavyamu
- palatal in Malayalam
- താലവ്യം tālavyaṁ
- palatal in Odia
- ତାଲବ୍ୟ tālabya
- palatal in Sanskrit
- तालव्य tālavya
- palatal in Assamese
- তালব্য taloibbo
- palatal in Tagalog
- pangalangala
- palatal in Arabic
- غَارِيّ ḡāriyy
- palatal in Malay
- lelangit, palatal
- palatal in Indonesian
- palatal
- palatal in Thai
- เสียงเพดานแข็ง
- palatal in Myanmar
- တာလုဇ talu.ja.
Examples of palatal in a sentence
- Palatal flutter is a cause of sleep apnea and snoring.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:palatal hook.
- Clair's y to represent the palatal glide, since j is more familiar to Balto-Slavicists.
Forms of palatal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more palatal |
| superlative | most palatal |
| Noun | |
| plural | palatals |
Origin of palatal
From palate + -al.
Words formed from palatal
- alveolo-palatal
- alveolopalatal
- alveo-palatal
- alveopalatal
- antepalatal
- anteropalatal
- apicopalatal
- basipalatal
- buccopalatal
- ethmopalatal
- glossopalatal
- labial-palatal
- labio-palatal
- labiopalatal
- labio-palatalisation
- labiopalatalisation
- labiopalatalised
- labio-palatalised
- labio-palatalization
- labiopalatalization
- labio-palatalized
- labiopalatalized
- linguopalatal
- linguo-palatal
- maxillopalatal
- mediopalatal
- midpalatal
- nasopalatal
- nonpalatal
- oculopalatal
- palatal expander
- palatal hook
- palatalisation
- palatalise
- palatalised
- palatalism
- palatality
- palatalization
- palatalize
- palatalized
- palatally
- palato-
- palato-alveolar
- palatoalveolar
- post-palatal
- postpalatal
- pre-palatal
- prepalatal
- retropalatal
- salpingopalatal
- transpalatal
- unpalatalize
- uvulopalatal
- velopalatal
Phrases with palatal
Questions about palatal
- What does palatal mean?
- Palatal means pertaining to the palate.
- What is palatal in Hindi?
- Palatal in Hindi is तालव्य (tālavya). See Palatal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is palatal?
- Palatal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce palatal?
- Palatal is pronounced /ˈpælətl̩/ (UK).
Words near palatal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: palatal (page history and authors); तालव्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); palatal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); palatal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); তালব্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); తాలవ్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ତାଲବ୍ୟ (Odia) (page history and authors); तालव्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); তালব্য (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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