Pal"a*tal (?), a. [Cf. F. palatal.]

1.

Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.

2. Phonetics

Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.

 

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Pal"a*tal, n. Phon.

A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.

 

© Webster 1913.