# palatal
## English
### Etymology

From palate +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpælətl̩/, /pəˈleɪtl̩/
* (General American) enPR: păl′ə-tl, IPA: /ˈpælətl̩/
* Rhymes: -ælətəl, -eɪtəl
* Hyphenation: pal‧a‧tal
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

palatal (comparative more palatal, superlative most palatal)
* (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
* (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
* (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.
* (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated at the palate: dorsal.

#### Coordinate terms

* anterior
* apical
* apicocoronal
* axial
* buccal
* buccoapical
* buccocervical
* buccogingival
* buccolabial
* buccolingual
* bucco-occlusal
* buccopalatal
* cervical
* coronal
* coronoapical
* distal
* distoapical
* distobuccal
* distocclusal
* distocervical
* distoclusal
* distocoronal
* distofacial
* distogingival
* distoincisal
* distolingual
* disto-occlusal
* distopalatal
* facial
* gingival
* incisal
* incisocervical
* inferior
* labial
* lingual
* linguobuccal
* linguo-occlusal
* mandibular
* maxillary
* mesial
* mesioapical
* mesiobuccal
* mesiocclusal
* mesiocervical
* mesioclusal
* mesiocoronal
* mesiodistal
* mesiofacial
* mesiogingival
* mesioincisal
* mesiolingual
* mesio-occlusal
* mesiopalatal
* occlusal
* palatal
* posterior
* proximal
* superior
* vestibular

#### Derived terms

* alveolopalatal
* alveolo-palatal
* alveopalatal
* alveo-palatal
* basipalatal
* buccopalatal
* labial-palatal
* labio-palatal
* labiopalatal
* labiopalatalisation
* labio-palatalisation
* labiopalatalised
* labio-palatalised
* labio-palatalization
* labiopalatalization
* labio-palatalized
* labiopalatalized
* linguopalatal
* linguo-palatal
* mediopalatal
* midpalatal
* nasopalatal
* nonpalatal
* palatal expander
* palatal hook
* palatalisation
* palatalise
* palatalised
* palatality
* palatalization
* palatalize
* palatalized
* palatally
* palato-
* palato-alveolar
* palatoalveolar
* post-palatal
* postpalatal
* pre-palatal
* prepalatal
* retropalatal
* transpalatal
* uvulopalatal

#### Related terms

* hard palate, soft palate
* palate
* palatic
* palatine

#### Translations
### Noun

palatal (plural palatals)
* (phonetics) A palatal consonant.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* La Plata

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pə.ləˈtal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pa.laˈtal]

### Adjective

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatals)
* (anatomy, relational) palate; palatal
    Synonym: palatí

#### Derived terms

* ela palatal
* palatalitzar

### Noun

palatal f (plural palatals)
* (phonetics) palatal (a palatal consonant)

#### Related terms

* paladar

### Further reading

* “palatal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “palatal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “palatal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “palatal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Adjective

palatal
* (phonetics) palatal

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

### Further reading

* “palatal” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Etymology

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.la.tal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

palatal (feminine palatale, masculine plural palataux, feminine plural palatales)
* (anatomy, phonetics) palatal

#### Derived terms

* palataliser

#### Related terms

* palais
* palatalisation
* palatalisé

### Further reading

* “palatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology

Palatum +‎ -al

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palaˈtaːl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

palatal (strong nominative masculine singular palataler, not comparable)
* palatal

#### Declension
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.laˈtaw/ [pa.laˈtaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.lɐˈtal/ [pɐ.lɐˈtaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.lɐˈtal/ [pɐ.lɐˈtaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.lɐˈta.li/
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: pa‧la‧tal

### Adjective

palatal m or f (plural palatais)
* (anatomy) palatal (pertaining to the palate)
    Synonym: palatino
* (phonetics) palatal (articulated at the hard palate)

#### Derived terms

* palatalizar

### Noun

palatal f (plural palatais)
* (phonetics) palatal (consonant articulated at the hard palate)

#### Related terms

* palato

### Further reading

* “palatal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French palatal. By surface analysis, palat (palate) +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.laˈtal/
* Rhymes: -al

### Adjective

palatal m or n (feminine singular palatală, masculine plural palatali, feminine and neuter plural palatale)
* palatal

#### Related terms

* palataliza

### Further reading

* palatal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palǎtaːl/
* Hyphenation: pa‧la‧tal

### Noun

palàtāl m (Cyrillic spelling пала̀та̄л)
* palatal

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palaˈtal/ [pa.laˈt̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: pa‧la‧tal

### Adjective

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatales)
* palatal
    Synonym: palatino

#### Derived terms

* palatalizar

### Noun

palatal f (plural palatales)
* palatal

#### Related terms

* paladar

### Further reading

* “palatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10