palatal

About 0.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Pertaining to the palate.
2. adjective Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
3. adjective Articulated at the hard palate.
4. adjective Articulated at the palate: dorsal.
5. noun A palatal consonant.

Similar words

palatalized soft palatine palatodental palatopharyngeal palatonasal glossopalatal nasopalatine maxillopalatal palatoalveolar

Often followed by

and mucosa shelves surface processes root or vault arch aspect

Word family

palatally palatals