SkyfireDict

palatal   (TTS Sound)

The noun palatal has 1 sense

• palatal -- (a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast'))

The adj palatal has 2 senses

• palatal, palatine -- (relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils")


• palatal, palatalized, palatalised -- (produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin'))