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palatal

• (a) relating to or lying near the palate
  • palatal index
  • the palatine tonsils
  palatine,
• (s) 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") palatalised, palatalized,

Nouns

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

Synonyms

palatine palatalised palatalized

Words of close approximity