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What is the adjective for palate?

What's the adjective for palate? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs palatalize, palate, palatalise and palatize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

palatine
  1. Of or relating to the Palatine Hill in Rome.
  2. Of or relating to powers normally possessed by a sovereign but exercised by a lesser noble, or by a nominee of a sovereign.
  3. Of or relating to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors.
  4. Of or relating to a palatine or a palatinate, especially the Rhineland Palatinate.
  5. Synonyms:
palatal
  1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
  2. (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
  3. (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.
palatable
  1. Pleasing to the taste, tasty.
  2. Tolerable, acceptable.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “He served us up with a reasonably palatable platter of fish and boiled potatoes.”
      “Are you up for the challenge of cooking up a palatable meal for eight to ten people in prison?”
      “These vagaries were highly palatable to the populace, who announced their delight by repeated plaudits and loud bursts of laughter.”
palatine
palatopterygoid
  1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull.
palatoalveolar
  1. Of or pertaining to the palate and alveolus
palatomaxillary
  1. (anatomy) Relating to the palate and maxilla.
palatalised
  1. (phonetics) Having undergone palatalisation.
palatonasal
  1. (anatomy) Relating to the palate and nose.
  2. Synonyms:
palatalized
  1. Alternative form of palatalised
palatic
  1. (anatomy) palatal; palatine
palative
  1. (obsolete) Pleasing to the taste; palatable.
palatiform
  1. (rare) Palate-shaped; resembling the palate.
palateless
  1. Without a palate.
palatalizing
  1. present participle of palatalize
palatalising
  1. present participle of palatalise
palatized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of palatize
palatizing
  1. present participle of palatize
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