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 (masculine and feminine plural palatals)

  1. (anatomy) palatal (pertaining to the palate)
    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
Common singular palatal 2
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]

  • 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

  • palatal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

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 (plural palatales)

  1. palatal
    Synonym: palatino

Derived terms

Noun

palatal f (plural palatales)

  1. palatal

Further reading

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