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palatal
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As an adjective, palatal means pertaining to the palate. As a noun, it means a palatal consonant.
Meanings of palatal
7 meaningsadjective
anatomyPertaining to the palate.
dentistryOf an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
phoneticsArticulated at the hard palate.
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as ‘y’) or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as ‘ch’ in ‘chin’ or ‘j’ in ‘gin’)
Similar: palatalized, palatalised
noun
phoneticsA palatal consonant.
A semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word ‘yeast’)
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: relating to or lying near the palate
adjective: produced with the front of the tongue near or touching th…
palatalizedpalatalised
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