palatal

English

WOTD – 23 October 2011

Etymology

From palate +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpælətl̩/, /pəˈleɪtl̩/
• enPR: păl′ə-tl, IPA^(key): /ˈpælətl̩/
• Rhymes: -ælətəl, -eɪtəl
• Hyphenation: pal‧a‧tal

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Adjective

palatal (comparative more palatal, superlative most palatal)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
2. (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
3. (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

• alveolopalatal
• alveolo-palatal
• alveopalatal
• alveo-palatal
• basipalatal
• buccopalatal
• labial-palatal
• labio-palatal
• labiopalatal
• labio-palatalisation
• labiopalatalisation
• labiopalatalised
• labio-palatalised
• labio-palatalization
• labiopalatalization
• labio-palatalized
• labiopalatalized
• linguopalatal
• linguo-palatal
• mediopalatal
• midpalatal
• nasopalatal
• nonpalatal
• palatal hook
• palatalisation
• palatalise
• palatalised
• palatalization
• palatalize
• palatalized
• palatally
• palato-
• palato-alveolar
• palatoalveolar
• postpalatal
• post-palatal
• prepalatal
• pre-palatal
• retropalatal
• transpalatal
• uvulopalatal

 

Related terms

• hard palate, soft palate
• palate
• palatic

Translations

pertaining to the palate

• Armenian: քիմքի (kʻimkʻi), քմային (hy) (kʻmayin)
• Catalan: palatal
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硬腭的 (yìng è de)

• Finnish: maku- (fi)
• French: palatal (fr)
• German: palatal (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: lelangit, palatal
• Portuguese: palatal, palatino (pt)
• Russian: нёбный (ru) (njóbnyj)
• Spanish: palatal (es)
• Swedish: gom-
• Turkish: damaksıl (tr)
• Welsh: taflodol

(dentistry) on the side facing the palate

• Finnish: palataalinen (fi)
• French: palatal (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: lelangit, palatal
• Turkish: damaksıl (tr)

(phonetics) articulated at the hard palate

• Arabic: غَارِيّ (ḡāriyy)
• Armenian: քմային (hy) (kʻmayin)
• Burmese: တာလုဇ (my) (talu.ja.)
• Catalan: palatal
• Danish: palatal (da)
• Finnish: palataalinen (fi)
• French: palatal (fr)
• German: palatal (de)
• Greek: ουρανικός (el) (ouranikós)
• Icelandic: framgómmæltur
• Malay: lelangit, palatal
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: palatal

  Nynorsk: palatal

• Portuguese: palatal
• Russian: палата́льный (ru) (palatálʹnyj)
• Spanish: palatal (es)
• Swedish: palatal (sv)
• Turkish: damaksıl (tr)
• Welsh: taflodol

Noun

palatal (plural palatals)

1. (phonetics) A palatal consonant.

Translations

(phonetics) palatal consonant

• Armenian: քմային հնչյուն (kʻmayin hnčʻyun)
• Catalan: palatal f
• Danish: palatallyd c
• Finnish: palataali (fi), lakiäänne (fi)
• German: Vordergaumenlaut m, Palatal (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: палатальный звук (palatalʹnyj zvuk)
• Spanish: palatal (es) f
• Swedish: palatal (sv) c
• Turkish: damaksıl ünsüz

Anagrams

• La Plata

---

Danish

Adjective

palatal

1. (phonetics) palatal

Inflection

Inflection of palatal
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	palatal	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	palatalt	—	—2
Plural	palatale	—	—2
Definite attributive1	palatale	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

---

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin palatum + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.la.tal/

Adjective

palatal (feminine palatale, masculine plural palataux, feminine plural palatales)

1. (anatomy, phonetics) palatal

Related terms

• palais
• palatalisation
• palatalisé

Further reading

• “palatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

---

German

Etymology

Palatum +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palaˈtaːl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

palatal (not comparable)

1. palatal

---

Portuguese

Adjective

1. (anatomy) palatal (pertaining to the palate)
2. (phonetics) palatal (articulated at the hard palate)

Synonyms

• (pertaining to the palate): palatino

Noun

palatal f (plural palatais)

1. (phonetics) palatal (consonant articulated at the hard palate)

Related terms

• palato

---

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palǎtaːl/
• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧tal

Noun

palàtāl m (Cyrillic spelling пала̀та̄л)

1. palatal

Declension

Declension of palatal

	singular	plural
nominative	palàtāl	palatali
genitive	palatála	palatala
dative	palatalu	palatalima
accusative	palatal	palatale
vocative	palatale	palatali
locative	palatalu	palatalima
instrumental	palatalom	palatalima

---

Spanish

Adjective

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatales)

1. palatal

Noun

palatal m (plural palatales)

1. palatal