palate
English
Etymology
From Middle English palate, from Old French palat, from Latin palātum (“roof of the mouth, palate”), perhaps of Etruscan origin.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpælɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpælət/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ælɪt
- Homophones: palette, pallet, pallette (possibly depending on dialect or accent)
Noun
palate (plural palates)
- (anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
- The sense of taste.
- (figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
- Alexander Pope
- Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.
- Alexander Pope
- (figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of T. Baker to this entry?)
- (botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
roof of the mouth
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sense of taste
figuratively: relish; taste; liking
botany: projection in the throat of some flowers
Italian
Verb
palate
Latin
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French palat, from Latin palātum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpalat/, /ˈpalət/
Noun
palate
- The palate; the top of the mouth (including the uvula).
- One's sense of taste (the palate was believed to be the source of this).
Descendants
- English: palate
References
- “palat(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-20.
Romanian
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