Definitions of palate [ˈpæl ɪt]

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Definition of 'palate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) palate
the roof of the mouth in mammals, consisting of an anterior bony portion

2. palate
the sense of taste:
a dinner to delight the palate.

3. palate
intellectual or aesthetic taste.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME palat < L palātum)

Definition of 'palate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) palate, roof of the mouth
the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

Definition of 'palate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) palate
the roof of the mouth

2. (noun) palate
relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste

3. (noun) palate
fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste

4. (noun) palate
a projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon

5. (verb) palate
to perceive by the taste

Definition of 'palate'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. palate
The structure that forms the roof of the mouth. It consists of the anterior hard palate (PALATE, HARD) and the posterior soft palate (PALATE, SOFT).

Translation of 'palate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the top of the inside of the mouth.
Afrikaans: palet	Arabic: حَنَك، سَقْف الفَم	Bulgarian: небце
Brazilian: palato	Czech: patro	German: der Gaumen
Danish: gane	Greek: ουρανίσκος	Spanish: paladar
Estonian: (kõva) suulagi	Farsi: سق	Finnish: kitalaki
French: palais	Hebrew: חֵך	Hindi: तालू
Croatian: nepce	Hungarian: szájpadlás	Indonesian: langit-langit
Icelandic: efri gómur	Italian: palato	Japanese: 口蓋
Korean: 입천장	Lithuanian: gomurys	Latvian: aukslējas
Malay: lelangit	Dutch: gehemelte	Norwegian: gane
Polish: podniebienie	Persian: سق	Pashto: تالو، څكه، خوند، ذايقه
Portuguese: palato	Romanian: palat	Russian: нёбо
Slovak: podnebie	Slovenian: nebo	Serbian: nepce
Swedish: gom	Thai: เพดานปาก	Turkish: damak
Taiwanese: 上齶	Ukrainian: піднебіння	Urdu: تالو
Vietnamese: vòm miệng	Chinese: 上腭
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