palatine

See also: Palatine

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French palatin (“palatine”), from Old French, from Medieval Latin palatinus (“imperial, imperial official”), from Latin palatium (“palace”).

Part of the Imperial Palace complex on the Palatine Hill overlooking the Circus Maximus.

Adjective

palatine (not comparable)

  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.

Noun

palatine (plural palatines)

  1. A Roman soldier.
  2. A Roman or Byzantine official.
  3. A feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
  4. A resident of a palatinate.
  5. The highest dignitary in the former Kingdom of Hungary after the king.
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French palatin (“relating to the palate”), from Latin palatum (“palate”).

Adjective

palatine (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the palate
  2. Of or relating to a palatine bone.

Noun

palatine (plural palatines)

  1. (anatomy) One of a pair of bones behind the palate.

French

Etymology

From ‘Princess Palatine’ Anne Gonzaga, who popularised the garment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /palatin/

Noun

palatine f (plural palatines)

  1. (historical) tippet, shoulder cape

Further reading

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Italian

Adjective

palatine f pl

  1. feminine plural of palatino

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Latin

Adjective

palātīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of palātīnus
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