different between alveolar vs palatal

English

Etymology

From alveolus +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /al.?vi?.?l.?/, /?al.vi???.l?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æl?vi.?l.?/, /æl?vi.l?/
• Rhymes: -i??l?(?), -??l?(?)

Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
2. (anatomy, relational) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
   1. (phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.
3. (anatomy, relational) Relating to the glands with secretory cells about a central space.

Derived terms

Related terms

• alveolary

Translations

Noun

alveolar (plural alveolars)

1. (phonetics) An alveolar consonant.

   Synonym: (obsolete) gingival

Translations

References

• “alveolar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “alveolar”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Danish

Noun

alveolar c (singular definite alveolaren, plural indefinite alveolarer)

1. (phonetics) alveolar

Declension

German

Etymology

Adjective form of Alveole (“alveolus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alveo?la???]
• Rhymes: -a???
• Hyphenation: al?ve?o?lar

Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) alveolar

Declension

Derived terms

• Alveolar

Further reading

• “alveolar” in Duden online

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

alveolar m

1. indefinite plural of alveol

Portuguese

Adjective

alveolar m or f (plural alveolares, comparable)

1. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the alveoli of the lungs)
2. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the jaw ridge)
3. (phonetics, of a phoneme) alveolar (produced on the jaw ridge)

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

1. (phonetics) alveolar (a consonant produced on the jaw ridge)

Romanian

Etymology

From French alvéolaire

Adjective

alveolar m or n (feminine singular alveolar?, masculine plural alveolari, feminine and neuter plural alveolare)

1. alveolar

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?e?la?r/
• Hyphenation: al?ve?o?lar

Noun

alveòl?r m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. an alveolar

   Synonym: dèsn?k

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From alvéolo +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albeo?la?/, [al.??e.o?la?]

Adjective

alveolar (plural alveolares)

1. alveolar

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

1. alveolar

Further reading

• “alveolar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From palate +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæl?tl?/, /p??le?tl?/
• (General American) enPR: p?l??-tl, IPA^(key): /?pæl?tl?/
• Rhymes: -æl?t?l, -e?t?l
• Hyphenation: pal?a?tal

Adjective

palatal (comparative more palatal, superlative most palatal)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
2. (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
3. (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

Related terms

• hard palate, soft palate
• palate
• palatic

Translations

Noun

palatal (plural palatals)

1. (phonetics) A palatal consonant.

Translations

Anagrams

• La Plata

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pal?tum +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /p?.l??tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pa.la?tal/

Adjective

palatal (masculine and feminine plural palatals)

1. (anatomy) palatal (pertaining to the palate)

   Synonym: palatí

Derived terms

• ela palatal
• palatalitzar

Noun

palatal f (plural palatals)

1. (phonetics) palatal (a palatal consonant)

Related terms

• paladar

Further reading

• “palatal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “palatal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “palatal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “palatal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Adjective

palatal

1. (phonetics) palatal

Inflection

Further reading

• “palatal” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Latin pal?tum +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.la.tal/

Adjective

palatal (feminine singular palatale, masculine plural palataux, feminine plural palatales)

1. (anatomy, phonetics) palatal

Derived terms

• palataliser

Related terms

• palais
• palatalisation
• palatalisé

Further reading

• “palatal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

Palatum +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pala?ta?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

palatal (not comparable)

1. palatal

Declension

Portuguese

Adjective

palatal m or f (plural palatais, comparable)

1. (anatomy) palatal (pertaining to the palate)

   Synonym: palatino

2. (phonetics) palatal (articulated at the hard palate)

Derived terms

• palatalizar

Noun

palatal f (plural palatais)

1. (phonetics) palatal (consonant articulated at the hard palate)

Related terms

• palato

Further reading

• “palatal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French palatal

Adjective

palatal m or n (feminine singular palatal?, masculine plural palatali, feminine and neuter plural palatale)

1. palatal

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal?ta?l/
• Hyphenation: pa?la?tal

Noun

palàt?l m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. palatal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pal?tum +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pala?tal/, [pa.la?t?al]

Adjective

palatal (plural palatales)

1. palatal

   Synonym: palatino

Derived terms

• palatalizar

Noun

palatal f (plural palatales)

1. palatal

Related terms

• paladar

Further reading

• “palatal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.