of, relating to, or denoting a speech sound articulated with the blade of the tongue touching the hard palate
noun
3. Also called: palatine
the bony plate that forms the palate
4. phonetics
a palatal speech sound, such as the semivowel (j)
Derived forms
palatally (ˈpalatally)
adverb
palatal in American English
(ˈpælɪtəl)
adjective
1.
of the palate
2. Phonetics
a.
articulated with the part of the tongue just behind the tip raised against or near the hard palate, as the consonants ( (j) ) in yes and ( (ç) ) in German ich
b.
designating a stop, fricative, etc. whose point of articulation is on or near the hard or soft palate, as ( (tʃ) , ; dʒ) , ; ʃ) , ; ʒ) )