palatine

n.

1. 1. A soldier of the palace guard of the Roman emperors, formed in the time of Diocletian.
   2. A soldier of a major division of the Roman army formed in the time of Constantine I.
2. Used as a title for various administrative officials of the late Roman and Byzantine empires.
3. A feudal lord exercising sovereign power over his lands. Also called palsgrave.

adj.

1. Belonging to or fit for a palace.
2. Of or relating to a palatine or palatinate.

[From Middle English, ruled by an independent lord, from Old French palatin, from Late Latin palātīnus, palace official, from Latin palātīnus, from Palātium, imperial residence. See palace.]

pal·a·tine² (păl'ə-tīn')
adj.

1. Of or relating to the palate: the palatine tonsils.
2. Of or relating to either of two bones that make up the hard palate.

n.
Either of the two bones that make up the hard palate.

(PAL-uh-tyn)

adjective
Of or relating to a palace.

Etymology
After Palatine, from Latin Palatium, the name of the centermost of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. Roman emperors built their palaces on this hill. The word palace also derives from the same source

Of, relating to, or in the palate.
[From French palatin, from Latin palatum palate (roof of the mouth).]

Pictures of the Palatine Hill: harpy.uccs.edu/roman/html/palatine.html.

Usage
"The palatine city just outside the capital, symbol of the wealth and the secular aesthetics of the caliph and his entourage, was destroyed by Muslim armies." — Maria Rosa Menocal; A Golden Reign of Tolerance; The New York Times; Mar 28, 2002.

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(păl'ə-tīn')
adj.

Of or relating to the palate.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: any of various important officials in ancient Rome

Meaning #2: (medieval) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
  Synonym: palsgrave

Meaning #3: either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
  Synonyms: palatine bone, os palatinum

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The adjective palatine has 3 meanings:

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

Meaning #2: of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
  Pertains to noun: palatine (meaning #2)

Meaning #3: of or relating to a palace
  Pertains to noun: palace (meaning #4)

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - pfalzgreve
adj. - pfalzgrevelig, palads-

2.
adj. - gane-
n. - ganeben

Nederlands (Dutch)
gehemelte-, gehemeltebeen, paltsgrafelijk, paleisachtig, palatinaat

Français (French)
1.
n. - Palatin, (Hist) seigneur palatin
adj. - palatin, relatif au palatinat

2.
adj. - (Anat) relatif au palais, du palatin
n. - (Anat) palais dur, palatin

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Pfalzgraf, Palatinischer Hügel (in Rom)
adj. - palatinisch, Pfalz-, pfalzgräflich

2.
adj. - Gaumen-
n. - Gaumenknochen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ανατ.) υπερώιος
n. - (ιστ.) Παλατίνος

Italiano (Italian)
palatino

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

Русский (Russian)
дворцовый, королевский, палатин

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - palatino, palaciego, príncipe palatino, soldado romano, oficiales administrativos en los imperios Romano y Bizantino
adj. - palatino, palaciego, relativo o perteneciente a un palatino o palatinado

2.
adj. - palatino
n. - palatino, cualquiera de los dos huesos que forman el paladar duro

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - pfalzgrevlig
n. - Palatinen (kulle i Rom), palatin

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 宫廷大臣, 领地, 贵族领主, 享有王权的, 雄伟的, 宫殿的

2. 颚的, 颚骨

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 宮廷大臣, 領地, 貴族領主
adj. - 享有王權的, 雄偉的, 宮殿的

2.
adj. - 顎的
n. - 顎骨

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (옛 로마의)궁내관
adj. - 궁전의, 궁내관의

2.
adj. - 구개의
n. - 구개골

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 宮内官, パラティン伯, 口蓋骨
adj. - 宮内官の, 王権を有する, 口蓋の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بالطي, حنكي, بلاطيني (الاسم) البلاطين, عظم حنكي, متمتع بامتيازات ملكيه, أمير إقطاعي, فرو يكسو العنق والمنكبين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮איש-חצר, חייל רומאי, קצין רומאי או ביזנטי, פיאודל בעל זכויות שילטוניות באדמותיו‬
adj. - ‮מלכותי, בעל זכויות מלכותיות‬
adj. - ‮של החך, חכי‬
n. - ‮כל אחת משתי עצמות החך‬

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