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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

palatal

Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine;

as, the

palatal

bones

(Phonetics)

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

Noun.

(Phon.)

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

Adj.

Pertaining to the palate; uttered by the aid of the palate.

Noun.

A letter pronounced by the aid of the palate, or an articulation of the root of the tongue with the roof of the mouth; as g hard and k, in eg, ek.