palatal

adj.

1. Of or relating to the palate.
2. Linguistics.
   1. Produced with the front of the tongue near or against the hard palate, as the (y) in English young.
   2. Produced with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate, as the (ch) in English chin.
   3. Produced with the front of the tongue in a forward position. Used of a vowel.

n. Linguistics
A palatal sound.

palatally pal'a·tal·ly adv.

(pal′ət-əl)
adj

Relating to the palate.

(păl'ə-təl)
adj.

Palatine.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')

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The adjective palatal has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: relating to or lying near the palate
  Synonym: palatine
  Pertains to noun: palate (meaning #1)

Meaning #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')
  Synonyms: palatalized, palatalised

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gane-
n. - ganelyd

Nederlands (Dutch)
gehemelte-, palataal (klank)

Français (French)
adj. - palatal
n. - (Phon) phonème palatal

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Gaumen-, palatal
n. - Palatal

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ανατ.) υπερώιος, (γραμμ.) ουρανικός, ουρανισκόφωνος
n. - (γραμμ.) ουρανισκόφωνο

Italiano (Italian)
palatale

Português (Portuguese)
adj., -
n. - palatal

Русский (Russian)
палатальный, палатальный звук

Español (Spanish)
adj. - palatal, palatino
n. - palatal, hueso palatino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - palatal, gom-
n. - palatal(-t ljud), gom(-ljud)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
上颚的, 颚的, 上腭音

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 上顎的, 顎的
n. - 上齶音

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 구개음의
n. - 구개골, 구개음

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 口蓋の, 口蓋音の
n. - 口蓋音

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حنكي, سقفي (الاسم) صوت حنكي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של החך, חכי‬
n. - ‮הגה חיכי‬

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