palatal

Definition of Palatal in English :

see synonyms of palatal

Noun

1. palatal

a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word yeast')

Adjective

2. palatal, palatine

relating to or lying near the palate

Example Sentences:
'palatal index'
'the palatine tonsils'

palatine

3. palatal, palatalised, palatalized

produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as ch' in chin' or j' in gin')

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Palatal

see synonyms of palatal

adjective

1. Also called: palatine

of or relating to the palate

2. phonetics

of, relating to, or denoting a speech sound articulated with the blade of the tongue touching the hard palate

noun

3. Also called: palatine

the bony plate that forms the palate

4. phonetics

a palatal speech sound, such as the semivowel (j)

Palatal

see synonyms of palatal

adjective

1.

of the palate

2. Phonetics

a.

articulated with the part of the tongue just behind the tip raised against or near the hard palate, as the consonants ( (j) ; y) ) in yes and ( (ç) ; H) ) in German ich

b.

designating a stop, fricative, etc. whose point of articulation is on or near the hard or soft palate, as ( (tʃ) ; ch) , ; dʒ) ; j) , ; ʃ) ; sh) , ; ʒ) ; zh) )

c. Rare

front, as certain vowels

noun

3.

a palatal sound

Palatal

see synonyms of palatal

adj.

1. Of or relating to the palate.

2. Linguistics

a. Produced with the front of the tongue near or against the hard palate, as the (y) in English young.

b. Produced with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate, as the (ch) in English chin.

c. Produced with the front of the tongue in a forward position. Used of a vowel.

n.
Linguistics

A palatal sound.

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Adjective

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