# palatine

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpæl.ə.taɪn/ · frequency rank #37,616

## Definitions
1. (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
2. (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
3. Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
4. Synonym of palatial.

## Etymology
From late Middle English palatyne, from Old French palatin, from Medieval Latin palātīnus (“relating to the palace”), from palātium (“palace”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of paladin.

## Easily confused with
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palatine-vs-plating)
- **Palestine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palatine-vs-palestine)
- **palate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palate-vs-palatine)
- **paladin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paladin-vs-palatine)
- **palatial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palatial-vs-palatine)

## Common misspellings (11)
`aplatine`, `paaltine`, `palaitne`, `palatien`, `palatinne`, `palatnie`, `palattine`, `pallatine`, `paltaine`, `plaatine`, `ppalatine`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/palatine