palatoalveolar

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UK/ˌpal.ət.əʊ.alˈviː.ə.lə/UK/ˌpal.ət.əʊ.al.viˈəʊ.lə/UK/pəˌleɪ.təʊ.alˈviː.ə.lə/UK/pəˌleɪ.təʊ.al.viˈəʊ.lə/

adjective

Of or pertaining to the palate and alveolus

OriginEnglish alveolar ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin alveolus →
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Meanings

adjectivepalatoalveolar (not comparable)

alternative palato-alveolar

  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to the palate and alveolus

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
  4. Latinpalātum
  5. Englishpalato-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewlós
  7. Proto-Italic*aulos?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Italic*alwos?
  10. Latinalvus
  11. Latinalveus
  12. Latinalveolus
  13. Englishalveolus
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englishalveolar
  17. Englishpalatoalveolar

From palato- + alveolar.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with palatoalveolar

alveolarnucleolarbronchoalveolarareolarapicoalveolarbasialveolarbialveolarbimalleolarbronchioloalveolardentialveolarfoveolarinteralveolarintermalleolarintraalveolarlabioalveolarlobuloalveolarmalleolarmicroalveolarmonoalveolarnasoalveolarnonalveolarperialveolarperimalleolarpostalveolar
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APA

palatoalveolar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatoalveolar

MLA

“palatoalveolar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatoalveolar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “palatoalveolar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatoalveolar.

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