- palatal⇄adj. 1. of or having to do with the palate.
2. (Phonetics.) (of speech sounds) made with the front or middle of the tongue near or touching the hard palate. The ?y in ?yet is a palatal sound.
Ex. The palatal nasal, or ""n"" mouille, occurs f - palatal⇄adv. palatally.
- palatal⇄noun (Phonetics.) a palatal sound.
- palatal⇄palatal, adjective, noun.