1. anatomy facing or relating to palate: occurring at, facing, or relating to the palate
2. phonetics pronounced with tongue at palate: describes a consonant sound that is produced by raising the tongue to or near the hard palate The "sh" sound is a palatal fricative.
3. phonetics pronounced with tongue forward: describes a vowel sound that is produced with the tongue moved forward in the mouth The vowel in "meet" is palatal.
noun (pluralpal·a·tals)
Definition:
phonetics palatal speech sound: a speech sound pronounced with the tongue at or near the hard palate or with the tongue pushed forward, especially a palatal consonant
