Palatal

Palatal - Other Definitions

• (a.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.
  
  
• (a.) Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.
  
  
• (n.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.