Palate

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈpælɪt/
• US IPA: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælÉ™t/
• Australia IPA: /ˈpælÉ™t/
• Rhymes: -ælɪt
• Homophones: palette, pallet, pallette possibly depending on dialect or accent

Origin

From Middle English, from Old French palat, from Latin palātum ("roof of the mouth, palate"), perhaps of Etruscan origin.

Full definition of palate

Noun

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 PopeHard task! to hit the palate of such guests.
4. (figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.
5. (botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

Derived terms

• palatable
• palatal
• palatally
• hard palate
• soft palate

Verb

1. (nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
• Wired http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/film-culturomics/"If it’s way out there, it’s hard to palate," said Sreenivasan.

Anagrams

• paleta