palatal

English

WOTD – 23 October 2011

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.

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Translations

Noun

palatal (plural palatals)

  1. (phonetics) A palatal consonant.

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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.

French

Etymology

From Latin palatum + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.la.tal/

Adjective

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

  1. (anatomy, phonetics) palatal

Further reading


German

Etymology

Palatum + -al

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

palatal (not comparable)

  1. palatal

Declension


Portuguese

Adjective

palatal m or f (plural palatais, comparable)

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

Synonyms

Noun

palatal f (plural palatais)

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

palàtāl m (Cyrillic spelling пала̀та̄л)

  1. palatal

Declension


Spanish

Adjective

palatal (plural palatales)

  1. palatal

Noun

palatal m (plural palatales)

  1. palatal
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