prepalatal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-lbor.

Middle English pre-

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-?

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder.

Latin palātumder.

Old French palatbor.

Middle English palate

English palate

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English palatal

English prepalatal

From pre- + palatal.

Adjective

prepalatal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Anterior to the palate.
2. (phonetics) Articulated anterior to the palate.

Coordinate terms

• mediopalatal
• postpalatal

Derived terms

• apicoprepalatal
• postalveolo-prepalatal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French prépalatal.

Adjective

prepalatal m or n (feminine singular prepalatală, masculine plural prepalatali, feminine/neuter plural prepalatale)

1. prepalatal

Declension

Declension of prepalatal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	prepalatal		prepalatală	prepalatali	prepalatale
	definite	prepalatalul		prepalatala	prepalatalii	prepalatalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	prepalatal		prepalatale	prepalatali	prepalatale
	definite	prepalatalului		prepalatalei	prepalatalilor	prepalatalelor