Definitions for: Palatal

[n] a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')
[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')
[adj] relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pal"a*tal, a. [Cf. F. palatal.]
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.

Pal"a*tal, n. (Phon.)
A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the
palate, as the letters k and y.

Synonyms: palatalised, palatalized, palatine, soft

See Also: glide, semivowel

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