adj.
1.relating to or lying near the palate
2.produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') palatal n.
1.a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')
Idiom of the Day
rain (something) out or rain out (something)
to spoil something by raining
The music festival was rained out yesterday evening.