palate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
biology
botany
cooking
entomology
food
lifestyle
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *pel-?
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder.
Latin palātumder.
Old French palatbor.
Middle English palate
English palate
From Middle English palate, from Latin palātum (“roof of the mouth, palate”), perhaps of Etruscan origin.
Inflected forms:
form: palates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
pos: noun
gloss: The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
pos: noun
tags: rare
gloss: The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
pos: noun
gloss: The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: I remember, when he was in Scotland, his praising ‘Gordon's palates’ (a dish of palates at the Honourable Alexander Gordon's) with a warmth of expression which might have done for honour to more important subjects.
gloss: A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.
gloss: Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: entertain the palates of Nobles
gloss: Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks.
pos: noun
gloss: A dainty article of food.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: I remember, when he was in Scotland, his praising 'Gordon's palates,' (a dish of palates at the Honourable Alexander Gordon's) with a warmth of expression which might have done honour to more important subjects.
Related words: palatine
Derived words: cleft palate
midpalate
muscular palate
palatal
palate cleanser
palate expander
palateful
palateless
palatelike
palatic
palatiform
palatitis
palative
palatize
pseudopalate
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: qiellzë
lang: Southern Altai
word: таҥдай
roman: taŋday
lang: Arabic
word: حَنَك
roman: ḥanak
lang: Chadian Arabic
word: سقع
roman: suguʔ
lang: Arabic
word: سقف حلق
roman: saʔf ḥalʔ
lang: Arabic
word: حنك
roman: ḥának
lang: Armenian
word: քիմք
roman: kʻimkʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: damaq
lang: Basque
word: ahosabai
lang: Belarusian
word: паднябе́нне
roman: padnjabjénnje
lang: Belarusian
word: нёба
roman: njóba
lang: Central Bikol
word: ngaragngag
lang: Bulgarian
word: небце
roman: nebce
lang: Catalan
word: paladar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 上顎 /上颚
roman: shàng'è
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 口蓋 /口盖
roman: kǒugài
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 齶 /腭
roman: è
lang: Cornish
word: stevnik
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: tañlay
lang: Czech
word: patro
lang: Dutch
word: gehemelte
lang: Dutch
word: verhemelte
lang: Erzya
word: кургоменель
roman: kurgomeneľ
lang: Esperanto
word: palato
lang: Finnish
word: suulaki
lang: Finnish
word: kitalaki
lang: French
word: palais
lang: West-Frisian
word: ferwulft
lang: West-Frisian
word: ferwulf
lang: Galician
word: teito da boca
lang: Galician
word: ceo da boca
lang: Galician
word: padal
lang: Georgian
word: სასა
roman: sasa
lang: German
word: Gaumen
lang: Greek
word: ουρανίσκος
roman: ouranískos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: οὐρανίσκος
roman: ouranískos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὑπερῴα
roman: huperōía
lang: Gujarati
word: તાળવું
roman: tāḷvũ
lang: Hebrew
word: חֵךְ
roman: khékh
lang: Hungarian
word: szájpadlás
lang: Icelandic
word: gómur
lang: Ingrian
word: suulaki
lang: Irish
word: carball
lang: Italian
word: palato
lang: Japanese
word: 口蓋
roman: kōgai
lang: Japanese
word: 上顎
roman: jōgaku
lang: Kankanaey
word: tange
lang: Kapampangan
word: alangalang
lang: Kapampangan
word: telabanwa
lang: Kazakh
word: таңдай
roman: tañdai
lang: Khmer
word: ពិតានមាត់
roman: pidaan moat
lang: Korean
word: 입천장
roman: ipcheonjang
lang: Korean
word: 구개
roman: gugae
lang: Latin
word: palātum
lang: Lithuanian
word: gomurys
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Gumm
lang: Macedonian
word: не́пце
roman: népce
lang: Maguindanao
word: pelag
lang: Malay
word: lelangit
lang: Brunei Malay
word: langit-langit
lang: Manx
word: cleea veal
lang: Māori
word: pikiarero
lang: Maranao
word: pelak
lang: Eastern Mari
word: ношмо
roman: nošmo
lang: Mongolian
word: тагнай
roman: tagnaj
lang: Mopan Maya
word: ka'an u chi'
lang: Mopan Maya
word: yok'olil u chi'
lang: Navajo
word: azahatʼágí
lang: Norman
word: palais
lang: Norwegian
word: gane
lang: Old English
word: gōma
lang: Persian
word: کام
roman: kâm
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Mulbän
lang: Polish
word: podniebienie
lang: Portuguese
word: palato
lang: Portuguese
word: céu da boca
lang: Romanian
word: palat
lang: Romanian
word: cerul gurii
lang: Russian
word: нёбо
roman: njóbo
lang: Sanskrit
word: तालु
roman: tālu
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: bràigh-beòil
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: непце
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nepce
lang: Slovak
word: podnebie
lang: Slovene
word: nebó
lang: Spanish
word: paladar
lang: Swahili
word: kaakaa
lang: Swedish
word: gom
lang: Tagalog
word: ngalangala
lang: Tagalog
word: asngal
lang: Tibetan
word: དཀན
roman: dkan
lang: Turkish
word: damak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: طاماق
roman: damak
lang: Ukrainian
word: піднебі́ння
roman: pidnebínnja
lang: Ukrainian
word: не́бо
roman: nébo
lang: Uzbek
word: tanglay
lang: Vietnamese
word: vòm miệng
lang: Volapük
word: palat
lang: Welsh
word: taflod y genau
lang: Welsh
word: taflod
lang: Yiddish
word: גומען
roman: gumen
lang: Zyphe
word: dang