palatal

English Thesaurus

1. a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	glide, semivowel,
definition	:	a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant (noun.communication)

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') (adj.all)

similar	:	soft,
definition	:	(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh') (adj.all)

3. a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') (noun.communication)

derivation	:	palatal, palatalised, palatalized,
definition	:	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.all)

4. 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.all)

derivation	:	palatal,
definition	:	a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') (noun.communication)

5. relating to or lying near the palate (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	palate, roof of the mouth,
definition	:	the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities (noun.body)

derivation	:	os palatinum, palatine, palatine bone,
definition	:	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 (noun.body)

derivation	:	palate, roof of the mouth,
definition	:	the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities (noun.body)

6. a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') (noun.communication)

derivation	:	palatal, palatalised, palatalized,
definition	:	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.all)

7. 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.all)

derivation	:	palatal,
definition	:	a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') (noun.communication)

8. relating to or lying near the palate (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	palate, roof of the mouth,
definition	:	the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities (noun.body)

derivation	:	os palatinum, palatine, palatine bone,
definition	:	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 (noun.body)

derivation	:	palate, roof of the mouth,
definition	:	the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities (noun.body)

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