Word "PALATAL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
relating to or lying near the palate
Synonyms:
palatine
Examples:
palatal index

Part of Speech:
Adjective
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')
Synonyms:
palatalised, palatalized

Crossword Clues for PALATAL

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Clue Source Date
Like some consonants, as the nasal 'n' The Washington Post 27 Feb 2018
Like some consonants, as the nasal "n" LA Times Daily 27 Feb 2018
Like some consonants, as the nasal "n"
Of part of the mouth Newsday 28 Apr 2017
Like some consonants LA Times Daily 30 Aug 2015
Kind of vowel USA Today 02 Apr 2015
Like some consonants
Kind of vowel
Like some consonants
Like tongue-against-roof-of-the-mouth consonants
Like tongue-against-roof-of-the-mouth consonants
Like some consonants, as the nasal "n"
Spoken with the tongue near the roof of the mouth
Of the mouth's roof
Certain consonant
Kind of vowel
Like the "y" sound in "yes"
Type of consonant
Type of consonant
Kind of consonant
Like some consonants, phonetically
Relating to the roof of the mouth
Involving the roof of the mouth
Velar
Of the roof of the mouth
Sounded like the y in yet
Of a mouth part
Pronounced in a certain way.
Of a part of the mouth
Of the roof of the mouth.
Term in phonetics.
Speech sound.
Pronounced like "y" in young.
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