Definitions for palatals

palatals pal·a·tal

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

Palatals is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in palatals (aaallpst).

Definitions for palatals

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 palatals

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

Examples for palatals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for palatals
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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