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palatal

pal·a·tal
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pal-uh-tl]
    • /ˈpæl ə tl/
    • /ˈpæl.ə.təl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pal-uh-tl]
    • /ˈpæl ə tl/

Definitions of palatal word

  • adjective palatal Anatomy. of or relating to the palate. 1
  • adjective palatal Phonetics. articulated with the blade of the tongue held close to or touching the hard palate. 1
  • noun palatal Phonetics. a palatal consonant. 1
  • adjective palatal relating to the palate 1
  • adjective palatal of or relating to the palate 0
  • adjective palatal of, relating to, or denoting a speech sound articulated with the blade of the tongue touching the hard palate 0
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Origin of palatal

First appearance:

before 1820
One of the 38% newest English words
From French, dating back to 1820-30; See origin at palate, -al1

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Parts of speech for Palatal

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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palatal popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Related words

  • satem

    belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.

  • alveopalatal

    articulated with the blade or front of the tongue approaching or touching the front of the hard palate near its junction with the alveolar ridge; having a primary palatal articulation and a secondary alveolar articulation.

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    a large European woodland grouse, Tetrao urogallus, having a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male

  • centum

    denoting or belonging to the Indo-European languages in which original velar stops (k) were not palatalized, namely languages of the Hellenic, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Anatolian, and Tocharian branches

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    a woolly-haired South American ruminant of the genus Lama, believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco: often used as a beast of burden.

  • mojo

    the art or practice of casting magic spells; magic; voodoo.
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