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7-letter words (1 found)

PALATAL,

5-letter words (4 found)

ALAAP,ALAPA,PALLA,TALPA,

4-letter words (9 found)

ALAP,ATAP,PAAL,PALL,PLAT,TAAL,TALA,TALL,TAPA,

3-letter words (11 found)

AAL,ALA,ALL,ALP,ALT,APT,LAP,LAT,PAL,PAT,TAP,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AL,AT,LA,PA,TA,

You can make 31 words from palatal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of palatal

palatal

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

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.

Coordinate terms

  • (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]

Derived terms

Related terms

  • hard palate, soft palate
  • palate
  • palatic
  • palatine

Translations

Noun

palatal (plural palatals)

  1. (phonetics) A palatal consonant.

Translations

Anagrams

  • La Plata

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ləˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [pa.laˈtal]

Adjective

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatals)

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

Derived terms

  • ela palatal
  • palatalitzar

Noun

palatal f (plural palatals)

  1. (phonetics) palatal (a palatal consonant)

Related terms

  • paladar

Further reading

  • “palatal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “palatal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “palatal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “palatal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Adjective

palatal

  1. (phonetics) palatal

Inflection

Further reading

  • “palatal” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.la.tal/

Adjective

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

  1. (anatomy, phonetics) palatal

Derived terms

  • palataliser

Related terms

  • palais
  • palatalisation
  • palatalisé

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

Palatum +‎ -al

Pronunciation

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

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

  • palatalizar

Noun

palatal f (plural palatais)

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

Related terms

  • palato

Further reading

  • “palatal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French palatal.

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

Related terms

Further reading

  • “palatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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