palatal

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English

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Etymology

From palate +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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.
  4. (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated at the palate: dorsal.

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Noun

palatal (plural palatals)

  1. (phonetics) A palatal consonant.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatals)

  1. (anatomy, relational) palate; palatal
    Synonym: palatí

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Noun

palatal f (plural palatals)

  1. (phonetics) palatal (a palatal consonant)

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Danish

Adjective

palatal

  1. (phonetics) palatal

Inflection

Inflection of palatal
positive comparative superlative
indefinite 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.

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French

Etymology

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (anatomy, phonetics) palatal

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German

Etymology

Palatum +‎ -al

Pronunciation

Adjective

palatal (strong nominative masculine singular palataler, not comparable)

  1. palatal

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: pa‧la‧tal

Adjective

palatal m or f (plural palatais)

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

Derived terms

Noun

palatal f (plural palatais)

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

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French palatal. By surface analysis, palat (palate) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

palatal m or n (feminine singular palatală, masculine plural palatali, feminine and neuter plural palatale)

  1. palatal

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite palatal palatală palatali palatale
definite palatalul palatala palatalii palatalele
genitive-
dative
indefinite palatal palatale palatali palatale
definite palatalului palatalei palatalilor palatalelor

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

palàtāl m (Cyrillic spelling пала̀та̄л)

  1. palatal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /palaˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: pa‧la‧tal

Adjective

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatales)

  1. palatal
    Synonym: palatino

Derived terms

Noun

palatal f (plural palatales)

  1. palatal

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