palatine

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.ə.tʌɪn/, /ˈpal.ə.tɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpæl.əˌtaɪn/, (fur cape or stole) /ˈpæl.əˌtin/
• Rhymes: -ælətaɪn, -ælətɪn

From late Middle English, from Middle French palatin, from Medieval Latin palātīnus (“relating to the palace”), from palātium (“palace”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of paladin.

palatine (not comparable) (usually postpositive)

1. (historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign. [from 15th c.]
   1. Subject to palatine authority. [from 15th c.] (of a territory)
2. Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. [from 16th c.]
   • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History, Penguin, page 122:

     Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics.

3. Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
4. Synonym of palatial. [from 16th c.]

• palace
• palatial

palatine (plural palatines)

1. A feudal lord (ellipsis of count palatine.) or a bishop possessing palatine powers. [from 16th c.]
2. A palace official, especially in an imperial palace. [from 16th c.]

   Synonym: chief minister

3. (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine.. [from 16th c.]

   Synonym: palatinate

4. (capitalized, rare, obsolete) A native or inhabitant of the Palatinate. [17th c.]
5. (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace. [from 17th c.]

   Synonym: praetorians

• count palatine
• county palatine
• palatinate

• count palatinate
• county palatinate

Borrowing from French palatine, named after German Princess Palatine Elisabeth Charlotte (1652–1722).

palatine (plural palatines)

1. (historical) A fur cape or stole for women which covers the neck and shoulders. [from 17th c.]

Borrowing from French palatin, from New Latin palātīnus, from palātum (“the palate”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to palate +‎ -ine.

palatine (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
   • 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 10:

     They strive to astonish the most sophisticated taste, the only applause they seek is the thick sound of the satisfied tongue clapping the palatine papillae.

palatine (plural palatines)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone..

• “palatine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “palatine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

From ‘Princess Palatine’ Anne Gonzaga, who popularised the garment.

• IPA^(key): /pa.la.tin/

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palatine f (plural palatines)

1. (historical) tippet, shoulder cape

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

• lapaient

palatine f pl

1. feminine plural of palatino

• entalpia, penalità, piantale, planiate

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.laːˈtiː.ne/, [päɫ̪äːˈt̪iːnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.laˈti.ne/, [päläˈt̪iːne]

palātīne

1. vocative masculine singular of palātīnus