Definitions for palatal

palatal pal·a·tal

Spelling: [pal-uh-tl]
IPA: /ˈpæl ə tl/

Palatal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in palatal (aaallpt).

Definitions for palatal

noun

  1. Phonetics. a palatal consonant.

adjective

  1. Anatomy. of or relating to the palate.
  2. Phonetics. articulated with the blade of the tongue held close to or touching the hard palate.

Origin of palatal

From French, dating back to 1820-30; See origin at palate, -al1

Examples for palatal

palatal aspect of the cranium and mandible of a Donkey (Equus asinus) 1/5.

Of the cranial measurements here employed, palatal length and least interorbital breadth are the most significant and useful.

This is the palatal resonance, in which there is the most power (Plate A).

Yet the head tone must not be entirely free from palatal resonance.

Kluge accepts gutturalizing of a palatal c before a consonant where this position is the result of syncopation of a palatal vowel.

In Sus cristatus the palatal width is contained nearly seven times in the same distance.

This r is a kind of palatal blade continuant, and its use should be avoided, as it is generally held to be affected.

Here the palatal takes the place of the dental, as in Brangwin for Anglo-Sax.

Skin out the tongue and remove the flesh from the palatal apertures and various cavities of the head.

The parasphenoid is the first of the palatal bones to appear.

Word Value for palatal
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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