Palatal

Word PALATAL
Character 7
Hyphenation pal a tal
Pronunciations /pəˈleɪtl̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Palatal"

What do we mean by palatal?

Of or relating to the palate. adjective

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

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

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

A palatal sound. noun

Situated on the outer lip, as the teeth at the aperture of a shell.

In anatomy, of or pertaining to the palate; palatine: as, palatal arteries, nerves, muscles; the palatal plate of the maxillary bone. Also palatial.

Uttered by the aid of the palate, as certain sounds. See II., 2.

A palatine bone or palate-bone proper, one of a pair, right and left, of facial bones entering into the formation of the hard palate. noun

A sound usually produced by the upper surface of the tongue against a part of the palate further forward than that at which our kand g are made; but sometimes used of any sound made between the tongue and any part of the hard or soft palate. noun

Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine. adjective

Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk. adjective

A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y. noun

Pertaining to the palate. adjective

Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate. adjective

Articulated at the hard palate. adjective

A palatal consonant. noun

Relating to or lying near the palate adjective

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') adjective

A palatal consonant.

Edible; acceptable; having a pleasant taste Urban Dictionary

A step above drunk. Generally when you are palatic you don't fall asleep or sit in the corner with your head in your hands - you get your top off and make an absolute fool of yourself. Urban Dictionary

Irish way to say : drunk , loaded, shitfaced whatever Urban Dictionary

Words that people used to define their annoying feelings to their friends Urban Dictionary

A word that is heard by non-English speakers by people who do speak English. Urban Dictionary

Adhwa Urban Dictionary

To find and use an image or video to "unsee" something (or certain media) that was highly disturbing. "Palate" can also refer to the eyes in which looking at something is like "tasting". Urban Dictionary

A person that that you have sex with in between serious relationships to help you get over one relationship and help you get ready for a new one. With a palate cleanser it’s only sex, never serious. Urban Dictionary

When you need a light hearted show to fall asleep to Urban Dictionary

When you have a particular fondness of the taste of carpet in your mouth, also known as a rug muncher or a lesbian. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Palatal

The word "palatal" in example sentences

In a normal mouse embryo, groups of cells called the palatal shelf on either side of the mouth grow outward, elevate to meet in the middle and fuse to form the palate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So the following will proceed by just assuming that the "non-palatal stop" series are uvulars which are aligned with *h₂, and that the "palatal" series (*ḱ, *ǵ, *ǵʰ) is the unmarked "plain stop" series (*k, *g and *gh). ❋ Unknown (2008)

I will go out on a limb and bet that the few words that are reconstructed with these sequences of *ke or *ek are falsely reconstructed, either because they are based on false evidence, because the proof points rather to its "palatal" counterpart, or because the vowel in question should be long n.b. that long vowels resist colouring normally caused by neighbouring *h₂. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We also evaluate and treat children with palatal dysfunction problems that cause speech and communication problems. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As a recap, I had come to a couple of major revelations on PIE that diverge from the "mainstream" but problematic view:One: The unlikely phonological system can finally be rationalized by turning palatal stops to plain ones and plain stops to uvular ones while shifting phonation to a contrast between creaky and plain voice rather than plain versus breathy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Treating patients as young as 7 or 8 years old with a " palatal expander " widens the upper jaw, so the upper teeth line up better with the lower teeth. ❋ Nancy Keates (2010)

An orthodontist told her Will had an underbite and should get a palatal expander; he would need braces again at around 13, for a total cost of about $3,000. ❋ Nancy Keates (2010)

After this it turns for the worse, much worse, as he bravely suggests that the Etruscan letters corresponding so clearly to the Greek aspirated stops, are a series of palatal consonants! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Try imagining a situation where a para-IE dialect *beside* Mid IE the direct ancestor of PIE c.5500 BCE, let's say diverges already before PIE proper develops and it has become influenced by northerly Proto-Uralic to form palatal affricates. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She and her friends come here as alert diners looking for comfort food with a special panache and freshness, but no challenges to palatal sanity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In Serbian Latin alphabet there are two digraphs – lj and nj they represent the palatal lateral aproximant and palatal nasal, respectively, and they are both written in the same box in crosswords. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All hornbills share a heavily reinforced bill: the palatal surface forms a complete bony roof to the mouth, and all of the palatal bones are fused together. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

the [dish] [offered] by [the waiter] was somewhat palatable ❋ ZuiCide (2014)

"Well [any craic] last night?" "[Dunno], I was absolutey [palatic]" ❋ North Monaghan (2010)

[Are you] palatic? [Hell] [yea] ❋ Palater (2007)

[please] [dont] do that [stupid thing] . u look very palat ❋ Uitmsriiskandar (2017)

"[Yeah] it's [palatable]" ❋ @sauce_g0dsV2 (2019)

[Please] don't be palat. ❋ Kelabmakanirsyad (2017)

Man, that [repulsive] image [triggered] me so much that I had to use a Palate Cleanser to get over that. Girl: When you say "Palate Cleanser" when you refer to watching something, you mean, [the eyes]? Friend: Yes. ❋ Falcongrl89 (2021)

Ex. [In between] Mike and [Peter], I was with [Kenny]. He was my palate cleanser. ❋ Hotchick4205 (2010)

No, I don’t want to watch [handmaid’s tale] before bed! Need a [palate cleanser] like [Bobs burgers] or Parks & Rec ❋ Wookerella (2021)

Wow, [look at that] girl with the short [spikey] hair, she [definitely] has a palate for upholstery ❋ Juleybee (2010)

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