palatial
/pəˈleɪʃəl/
palatial adjective: of or relating to a palace.
Adjective
palatial (comparative more palatial, superlative most palatial)
- Of or relating to a palace.
- On a grand scale; with very rich furnishings.
- The home where he lived was palatial.
- But during those two years for some reason or other the house had fallen into premature and rapid decay. With a very few months an air of mustiness began to hang over the once palatial residence of the rich foreign financier.1933, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter I, in The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published 1934, →OCLC, page 1
palatial meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
palatial in Tamil
- அரண்மனை போன்ற, சிறப்பு வாய்ந்த
palatial in Urdu
- عظیم, قصری
palatial in Bengali
- প্রাসাদের মতো বিশাল, জমকালো, বিলাসবহুল
palatial in Malayalam
- de luxe, luxurious, magnificent
- കൊട്ടാരസദൃശയമായ, രാജകൊട്ടാരം പോലെയുള്ള, ഏറ്റവും മുന്തിയ തരമായ, രാജഹർമ്മ്യോപമമായ, രാജയോഗ്യമായ, അതിവിശിഷ്ടം
More languagesFewer languages
- palatial in Kannada
- ಅರಮನೆಯಂಥ, ಭವ್ಯ, ದಿವ್ಯ, ವೈಭವವಾದ
Forms of palatial
| comparative | more palatial |
|---|---|
| superlative | most palatial |
Origin of palatial
Borrowed from French palatial, formed from the root of Latin palātium (“a palace”), from Palātium (“Palatine Hill”).
Words formed from palatial
Words that rhyme with palatial
- glacial
- facial
- unifacial
- bifacial
- equifacial
- microfacial
- parafacial
- spatial
- subglacial
- abbatial
- acousticofacial
- acrofacial
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- basifacial
- biracial
- brachyfacial
- buccofacial
- cardiofacial
- centrofacial
- cephalofacial
- cervicofacial
- cofacial
- craniofacial
- curatial
- cytofacial
- dentofacial
- distofacial
- dolichofacial
- enantiofacial
- endofacial
- englacial
- epifacial
- exofacial
- extrafacial
- gustofacial
- hemifacial
- interglacial
- intrafacial
- labiofacial
- linguofacial
- lithofacial
- mandibulofacial
- maxillofacial
- mesiofacial
- mesofacial
- midfacial
- minifacial
- multifacial
- multiracial
- musculofacial
- nasofacial
- nonfacial
- nonracial
- nonspatial
- oculofacial
- odontofacial
- orofacial
- oromaxillofacial
- orthofacial
- panfacial
- perifacial
Questions about palatial
- What does palatial mean?
- Palatial means of or relating to a palace.
- What is palatial in Tamil?
- Palatial in Tamil is அரண்மனை போன்ற, சிறப்பு வாய்ந்த. See Palatial meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is palatial?
- Palatial is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce palatial?
- Palatial is pronounced /pəˈleɪʃəl/.
Words near palatial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: palatial (page history and authors); palatial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); palatial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); palatial (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); palatial (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); palatial (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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