palatal
French, adjective/pa.la.tal/
palatal is spelled P-A-L-A-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palatal is a French adjective meaning “palatal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui tient au palais, à la partie supérieure du dedans de la bouche”.
What does palatal mean in English?
adjective
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palatal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui tient au palais, à la partie supérieure du dedans de la bouche. 2. Se dit des voyelles ou des consonnes dont le point d’articulation se situe au niveau du palais dur, à l’avant de la cavité buccale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of palatal
- palatale feminine
- palataux masculine plural
- palatales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palatal?
- /pa.la.tal/
- \pa.la.tal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palatal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palatal in French?
palatal appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).