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palate noun

  /ˈpæl.ət/
  • (anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]
 Gaumen

palatable adjective

  /ˈpæl.ə.tə.bəl/
  • (figurative) Tolerable, acceptable.
 annehmbar
  • Pleasing to the taste, tasty.
 genießbar, schmackhaft

palatal adjective

  /pəˈleɪtl̩/ , /ˈpælətl̩/
  • (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
  • (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.
 palatal

palatal noun

  /pəˈleɪtl̩/ , /ˈpælətl̩/
  • (phonetics) A palatal consonant.
 Palatal, Vordergaumenlaut

palatalize verb

  /ˈpælətəlaɪz/
  • (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.
 palatalisieren

palatalization noun

  /ˌpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ , /ˌpælətəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • (phonology, countable) An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.
 Palatalisierung
hard palate
harter Gaumen
soft palate
Gaumensegel, weicher Gaumen, Velum
cleft palate
Gaumenspalte, Wolfsrachen
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