"palatal" | Definition and Related Words

Adjective

Relating to or lying near the palate (synset 303008113)
"palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"

same as: 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') (synset 301161001)
similar to: soft - (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')

same as: palatalised, palatalized

Noun

A semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') (synset 107129243)
is a type of: glide, semivowel - a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant