Thesaurus: palatal

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1. a. Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.
2. a. Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.
3. n. A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.
4. adj. relating to or lying near the palate
5. adj. 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’)
6. n. a word/semivowel">semivowel word/produced">produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word ‘yeast’)
7. 1. Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones. 2. (Phonetics) Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk. A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.
8. Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, asthe sound of k in kirk.
9. j:100 n. a word/semivowel">semivowel word/produced">produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') a. relating to or lying near the palate s. 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')