palatal
/'pælәtәl/
📖 中文释义
- n. 上腭音
- [医] 腭的
🧩 词形变化
复数 palatals
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')
- a. relating to or lying near the palate
- s. produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')