palatal hook (English, noun)
expansion: palatal hook (plural palatal hooks)
Senses:
qualifier: orthodontics
glosses: A small hook for attaching elastic bands on the internal side of braces fixed to the upper teeth.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: = háček (when it takes the form of a prime)
tags: rare
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A hamiform diacritic ⟨◌̡⟩ formerly used to mark consonantal palatalisation; superseded by the superscript jay ⟨◌ʲ⟩.
tags: pre-1989-IPA
Forms:
form: palatal hooks
tags: plural