palatal
Portuguese, noun/pa.laˈtaw/
palatal is spelled P-A-L-A-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palatal is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “palatal (consonant articulated at the hard palate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “consoante palatal”.
What does palatal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepalatal (pertaining to the palate)
- 2
femininemasculinepalatal (articulated at the hard palate)
noun
- 1
femininepalatal (consonant articulated at the hard palate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que diz respeito ao palato 2. diz-se do dente superior, no lado voltado para o palato 3. diz-se do fonema articulado na região do palato duro
adjective: 1. relativo ao paladar
noun: 1. consoante palatal
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of palatal
- palatais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palatal?
- Brazil /pa.laˈtaw/
- Brazil [pa.laˈtaʊ̯]
- Portugal /pɐ.lɐˈtal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
palatal appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).