Meanings
nounhard palate (plural hard palates)
plural hard palates
- A thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth.
Translations
Arabic حَنَك صَلْب
- حَنَك صَلْب (ḥanak ṣalb)tissue
Chinese Mandarin 硬腭, 硬口蓋 /硬口盖
- 硬腭 (yìng'è)tissue
- 硬口蓋 /硬口盖 (yìngkǒugài)tissue
Czech tvrdé patro
- tvrdé patrotissue
Finnish kova kitalaki
- kova kitalakitissue
French palais dur, voûte palatine
- palais durtissue
- voûte palatinetissue
German harter Gaumen
- harter Gaumentissue
Irish carball
- carballtissue
Italian palato duro, volta palatina
- palato durotissue
- volta palatinatissue
Japanese 硬口蓋
- 硬口蓋 (kōkōgai)tissue
Korean 경구개
- 경구개 (gyeonggugae)tissue
Lithuanian kietasis gomurys
- kietasis gomurystissue
Polish podniebienie twarde
- podniebienie twardetissue
Portuguese palato duro
- palato durotissue
Romanian palatul dur, bolta palatină
- palatul durtissue
- bolta palatinătissue
Russian твёрдое нёбо
- твёрдое нёбо (tvjórdoje njóbo)tissue
Spanish paladar duro
- paladar durotissue
Swedish hård gom
- hård gomtissue
Tagalog matigas na ngalangala
- matigas na ngalangalatissue
Turkish sert damak
- sert damaktissue
Cite this entry
APA
hard palate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20palate
MLA
“hard palate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20palate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard palate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20palate.
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