palatal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: palatal	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for palatal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palatal adj relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils" Synonym(s): palatal, palatine 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') Synonym(s): palatal, palatalized, palatalised n a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palatal \Pal"atal\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palatal \Pal"a*tal\, n. (Phon.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.