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pal·ate  (plt)

n.

1. The roof of the mouth in vertebrates having a complete or partial separation of the oral and nasal cavities and consisting of the hard palate and the soft palate.

2. Botany The projecting part on the lower lip of a bilabiate corolla that closes the throat, as in a snapdragon.

3. The sense of taste: delicacies pleasing to the most refined palate.

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[Middle English, from Old French palat, from Latin paltum, perhaps of Etruscan origin.]

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palate [ˈpælɪt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the roof of the mouth, separating the oral and nasal cavities See hard palate, soft palate Related adj palatine

2. the sense of taste she had no palate for the wine

3. relish or enjoyment

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany (in some two-lipped corollas) the projecting part of the lower lip that closes the opening of the corolla

[from Latin palātum, perhaps of Etruscan origin]

Usage: Avoid confusion with palette or pallet

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palate  (plt)

The roof of the mouth in vertebrate animals, separating the mouth from the passages of the nose. The bony part of the palate is called the hard palate. A soft, flexible, rear portion of the palate, called the soft palate, is present in mammals only and serves to close off the mouth from the nose during swallowing.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

palate - the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities roof of the mouth mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue soft palate, velum - a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking hard palate - the bony part of the roof of the mouth surface - the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface"

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palate

noun taste, heart, stomach, appetite a selection of dishes to tempt every palate

Related words
adjective palatine

Usage: This word is occasionally confused with palette: I have a sweet palate (not palette).

Translations

palate [ˈpælɪt] N (Anat) → paladar m
to have a delicate palate → tener un paladar delicado
to have no palate for wine → no tener paladar para el vino
I have no palate for that kind of activity → no aguanto or no puedo tragar ese tipo de actividad
hard palate → paladar m
soft palate → velo m del paladar

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palate [ˈpælət] n

(ANATOMY) → palais m

(= sense of taste) → palais m

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palate

n (lit) → Gaumen m; to have a sensitive palate → einen empfindlichen Gaumen haben; to have no palate for something (fig) → keinen Sinn für etw haben

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palate [ˈpælɪt] n (Anat) (fig) → palato

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palate [ˈpælɪt] n (Anat) (fig) → palato

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palate

n palate [ˈpӕlət]

1 the top of the inside of the mouth. palet حَنَك، سَقْف الفَم небце patro gane der Gaumen ουρανίσκος paladar (kõva) suulagi سق kitalaki palais חֵך तालू nepce szájpadlás langit-langit efri gómur palato 口蓋 입천장 gomurys aukslējas lelangit gehemelte gane podniebienie palato palat нёбо podnebie nebo nepce gom เพดานปาก damak 上齶 піднебіння تالو vòm miệng 上腭

2 the ability to tell good wine, food etc from bad He has a good palate for wine. smaak ذَوْق، طَعْم разбиране от вино citlivý jazyk gane; smag der Gaumen εκλεπτυσμένη αίσθηση γεύσης paladar maitse ذائقه؛ سلیقه maku palais (fin) חוּש טָעָם स्वाद की पहचान okus ízlés citarasa bragðskyn palato 味覚 맛의 감별력, 미각 skonis garša; garšas izjūta selera gehemelte evne som vin– eller matkjenner podniebienie paladar gust (fin) вкус citlivý jazyk okus ukus gom, smak ความรู้สึกในการรับรส damak zevki 鑑賞力 смак ذوق khẩu vị 鉴赏力