palate

Etymology

From Middle English, 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/

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• Rhymes: -ælɪt
• Homophones: palette, pallet, pallette (possibly depending on dialect or accent)

Noun

palate (plural palates)

1. (anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
2. The sense of taste.
3. (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.

4. (figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.

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5. (botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

Verb

palate (third-person singular simple present palates, present participle palating, simple past and past participle palated)

1. (nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
   • Wired

     "If it’s way out there, it’s hard to palate," said Sreenivasan.

Anagrams

• Platea, paleta, patela, petala

Noun

palate f

1. plural of palata

Verb

palate

1. second-person plural present indicative of palare
2. second-person plural imperative of palare
3. Feminine plural of palato

Anagrams

• pelata
• platea

Verb

pālāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of pālō

Noun

palate n pl

1. plural of palat