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Definitions: Palatal |
PalatalAdjective1. Relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils". 2. Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin'). Noun1. A semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast'). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: PalatalSynonyms: palatalised (adj), palatalized (adj), palatine (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Palatal |
| English words defined with "palatal": Bufonite ♦ Palatic ♦ tilde. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "palatal": Denture Design ♦ Nonodontogenic Cysts ♦ Palatal Expansion Technique, Palatal Muscles, Palatal Neoplasms, Palatal Obturators, posterior palatal seal ♦ Velopharyngeal Insufficiency. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Palatal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (palatal), German (palatal), Portuguese (palatalization), Romanian (palatal), Spanish (palatal), Swedish (palatal). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Palatal myoclonus is a regular, rhythmic contraction of one or both sides of the rear of the roof of the mouth, called the soft palate. (references) | |
Second, examine the palatal and lingual aspects as had been done on the facial side, from right to left on the palatal (maxilla) and left to right on the lingual (mandible). (references) | ||
People with palatal myoclonus usually regard it as a minor problem, although some occasionally complain of a "clicking" sound in the ear, a noise made as the muscles in the soft palate contract. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Palatal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Palatal" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "palatal": Palatal Expansion Technique ♦ Palatal Muscles ♦ Palatal Neoplasms ♦ Palatal Obturators ♦ posterior palatal seal. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "palatal": oral-facial-palatal, pre-palatal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
expander palatal | 11 |
expansion palatal | 9 |
palatal myoclonus | 5 |
implant palatal | 4 |
expanders palatal | 4 |
palatal | 3 |
appliance expansion palatal | 2 |
palatal tori | 2 |
hemangioma palatal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "palatal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tingull qiellzor, qiellzor (Palatine). (various references) | |
Arabic | منفعل (agitated, bad tempered, deeply stirred, edgy, emotional, excited, influenced, irritable, nervous, on edge, on fire, passive, upset, wrought up), حنكي, صوت منفعل, صوت حنكي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | небен, палатален (soft). (various references) | |
Chinese | 腭. (various references) | |
Czech | patrový, palatální. (various references) | |
Danish | palatinus (palatine), palatinal (palatine), palatal, gane- (palatine). (various references) | |
Dutch | palatinaal (palatine), palataal. (various references) | |
Farsi | کامی (Velar), وابسته سق , وابسته به کام , دهانی (Oral). (various references) | |
Finnish | lakipurjeen sulkuvajaus (palatal insufficiency), lakipurjeen insuffisienssi (palatal insufficiency). (various references) | |
French | palatine (palatine), palatin (palatine), palatale, palatal, mouillé. (various references) | |
German | palatinus (palatine), palatinal (palatine), Palataler, palatal, Gaumenlaut (palatal sound), gaumen-. (various references) | |
Greek | υπερώϊος (palatine, velar), υπερωικόσ, του ουρανίσκου, ουρανισκόφωνοσ (velar). (various references) | |
Hungarian | palatális. (various references) | |
Italian | palatale (palatine). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 口"音 (a palatal). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "うがいお" (a palatal). (various references) | |
Manx | cleaoil. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alatalpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | palatino (Palatine), palatina (Palatine, tippet), saboroso (dainty, delicious, flavoring, flavouring, luscious, nice, palatable, sapid, Savory, savoury, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy), fonema palatal. (various references) | |
Romanian | palatalã, palatal, sunet palatal. (various references) | |
Russian | палатальный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | palatalni, nepčani. (various references) | |
Spanish | palatino (Palatine), palatal. (various references) | |
Swedish | palatal ljud, palatal, gom-. (various references) | |
Turkish | damak (palate, Palatine, roof of the mouth), damağa ait. (various references) | |
Ukranian | піднебінний, палатальний звук, палатальний. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "palatal": palatalization, palatalizations, palatalize, palatalized, palatalizes, palatalizing, palatally, palatals. (additional references) | |
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"Palatal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alactel, Alastel, Alatalo, Atlaal, galatai, palatally, palatan, Palatna, paleta, paletle, palpatal, parata, Parlato, Pavlita, peliatan, phalerata, Pilatii, plagal, Poltawa, pulsatile, Qalaat, Sagatal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-l-l-p-t" | |
-3 letters: atap, pall, plat, tala, tall, tapa. | |
-4 letters: aal, ala, all, alp, alt, apt, lap, lat, pal, pat, tap. | |
-5 letters: aa, al, at, la, pa, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-l-l-p-t" | |
+1 letter: palatals, palatial. | |
+2 letters: palatable, palatably, palatally. | |
+3 letters: palatalize, palatially. | |
+4 letters: palatalized, palatalizes, papillomata, parallactic, unpalatable. | |
+5 letters: alphabetical, antiparallel, palatability, palatalizing, palatialness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 6C 61 74 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-.. .- - .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01101100 01100001 01110100 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a l a t a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 006C 0061 0074 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50677867866778 |
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