palatal

From palate + -al.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpælətl̩/, /pəˈleɪtl̩/
• (General American) enPR: păl′ə-tl, IPA^(key): /ˈpælətl̩/
• Rhymes: -ælətəl, -eɪtəl
• Hyphenation: pal‧a‧tal

• Audio (Southern England):

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palatal (comparative more palatal, superlative most palatal)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
2. (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
3. (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.
4. (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated at the palate: dorsal.

• hard palate, soft palate
• palate
• palatic
• palatine

palatal (plural palatals)

1. (phonetics) A palatal consonant.

• La Plata

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ləˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pa.laˈtal]

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatals)

1. (anatomy, relational) palate; palatal

   Synonym: palatí

• ela palatal
• palatalitzar

palatal f (plural palatals)

1. (phonetics) palatal (a palatal consonant)

• paladar

• “palatal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “palatal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “palatal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “palatal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

palatal

1. (phonetics) palatal

• “palatal” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /pa.la.tal/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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palatal (feminine palatale, masculine plural palataux, feminine plural palatales)

1. (anatomy, phonetics) palatal

• palataliser

• palais
• palatalisation
• palatalisé

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

Palatum +‎ -al

• IPA^(key): /palaˈtaːl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːl

palatal (strong nominative masculine singular palataler, not comparable)

1. palatal

Borrowed from Dutch palataal (“palatal”), from French palatal.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /paˈlatal/ [paˈla.t̪al]
• Rhymes: -atal
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧tal

palatal (comparative lebih palatal, superlative paling palatal)

1. palatal
   1. (anatomy) pertaining to the palate.
   2. (anatomy, dentistry) of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
   3. (phonetics) articulated at the hard palate.
   4. (phonetics) articulated at the palate: dorsal.

palatal (uncountable)

1. palatal (palatal consonant)

• “palatal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧tal

palatal m or f (plural palatais)

1. (anatomy) palatal (pertaining to the palate)

   Synonym: palatino

2. (phonetics) palatal (articulated at the hard palate)

• palatalizar

palatal f (plural palatais)

1. (phonetics) palatal (consonant articulated at the hard palate)

• palato

• “palatal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “palatal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

• IPA^(key): /pa.laˈtal/
• Rhymes: -al

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

1. palatal

• palataliza

• “palatal”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

• IPA^(key): /palǎtaːl/
• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧tal

palàtāl m inan (Cyrillic spelling пала̀та̄л)

1. palatal

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /palaˈtal/ [pa.laˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧tal

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatales)

1. palatal

   Synonym: palatino

palatal f (plural palatales)

1. palatal

• “palatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Latin palātum +‎ -al

• IPA^(key): /palaˈtɑːl/

palatal (not comparable)

1. (phonology, phonetics) palatal

palatal c

1. (phonetics, phonology) palatal consonant

• “palatal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “palatal”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “palatal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Borrowed from Spanish palatal.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palaˈtal/ [pɐ.lɐˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧tal

palatál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜆᜎ᜔)

1. palatal

   Synonym: pangalangala

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 437