palatal Definition
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palatal
adj
- 1. Relating to the palate.
2. phonetics.
- Said of a speech sound: produced by bringing the tongue to or near the hard palate.
- 1. phonetics.
- A sound produced in this way, eg as in yellow. Compare palato-alveolar, velar.
