Synonyms for palatal
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Pertaining to the palate.
Related words
- Word family
- palatalization palatalize palatalized palato-alveolar palate palatine
Example sentences
- palatine Mary's palatine tonsils were removed when she was seven years old.
- retroflex The voiced retroflex flap appears as a phoneme in Bengali.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| palatal | falling | |
| palatine | falling | |
| retroflex | steady | |
| palatalized | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- soft1
- 8 letters
- palatine3
- 9 letters
- retroflex
- 11 letters
- palatalized, palatalised
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (palatine3 = 3 syllables).