palatal

English

WOTD – 23 October 2011

Etymology

From palate + -al.

Pronunciation

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

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Translations

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

Derived terms

Noun

palatal f (plural palatals)

  1. (phonetics) palatal (a palatal consonant)

Further reading

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.

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Latin palātum + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.la.tal/
  • (file)

Adjective

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

  1. (anatomy, phonetics) palatal

Derived terms

Further reading

German

Etymology

Palatum + -al

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /palaˈtaːl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

palatal (strong nominative masculine singular palataler, not comparable)

  1. palatal

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.laˈtaw/ [pa.laˈtaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.lɐˈtal/ [pɐ.lɐˈtaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.lɐˈta.li/

  • 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)

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. palatal

Declension

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/ [pa.laˈt̪al]
  • 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

Further reading

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