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palate
the roof of the mouth; taste: a fine palate for gourmet food
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pal·ate
(păl′ĭt)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.
[Middle English, from Old French palat, from Latin palātum, perhaps of Etruscan origin.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
palate
(ˈpælɪt)n
1. (Anatomy) the roof of the mouth, separating the oral and nasal cavities. See hard palate, soft palate
2. the sense of taste: she had no palate for the wine.
3. relish or enjoyment
4. (Botany) botany (in some two-lipped corollas) the projecting part of the lower lip that closes the opening of the corolla
[C14: from Latin palātum, perhaps of Etruscan origin]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
pal•ate
(ˈpæl ɪt)n.
1. the roof of the mouth in mammals, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior fleshy portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
2. the sense of taste: a dinner to delight the palate.
3. intellectual or aesthetic taste.
[1350–1400; Middle English palat < Latin palātum]
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pal·ate
(păl′ĭt) 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.
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palate
The roof of the mouth.
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| Noun | 1. |  palate - the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavitiesmouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" 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
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adjective palatine
adjective palatine
Usage: This word is occasionally confused with palette: I have a sweet palate (not palette).
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Translations
حَنَك، سَقْف الفَمذَوْق، طَعْم
patrocitlivý jazyk
ganesmag
GaumenPalatum
palato
kitalakisuulaki
nepce
szájpadlás
bragîskynefri gómur
gomurys
aukslējasgaršagaršas izjūta
palat
citlivý jazyk
nepce
damakdamak zevki
palate
[ˈpælɪt] N (Anat) → paladar mto 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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
palate
(ˈpӕlət) noun1. the top of the inside of the mouth.
2. the ability to tell good wine, food etc from bad. He has a good palate for wine.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
pal·ate
n. paladar; velo del paladar;
pop. cielo de la boca;
bony ___ → ___ óseo;
hard ___ → ___ duro;
soft ___ → ___ blando.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
palate
n paladar m; cleft — paladar hendido; hard — paladar duro; soft — paladar blandoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.