Meanings
plural soft palates
- anatomyThe soft tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth.
The part which is connected by a thin tendinous end to the tendinous membrane, that is extended above upon the soft palate, coming from the nostrils; and with that membrane seems to be inserted into the middle and posterior edge of the palate bones.
1754, Bernhard Siegfried, The Explanation of Albinus's Anatomical Figures of the Human Skeleton and MusclesSynonyms: velum, muscular palate
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe soft tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic حَنَك رَخُو
- حَنَك رَخُو (ḥanak raḵū)tissue
Catalan vel del paladar, paladar tou
- vel del paladartissue
- paladar toutissue
Chinese Mandarin 軟齶 /软腭, 軟口蓋 /软口盖
- 軟齶 /软腭 (ruǎn'è)tissue
- 軟口蓋 /软口盖 (ruǎnkǒugài)tissue
Czech měkké patro
- měkké patrotissue
Finnish kitapurje, pehmeä kitalaki
- kitapurjetissue
- pehmeä kitalakitissue
French voile du palais, palais mou
- voile du palaistissue
- palais moutissue
German Gaumensegel, weicher Gaumen
- Gaumensegeltissue
- weicher Gaumentissue
- Velumtissue
Irish coguas
- coguastissue
Italian palato molle, velo palatino
- palato molletissue
- velo palatinotissue
- velopendulotissue
Japanese 軟口蓋
- 軟口蓋 (nankōgai)tissue
Korean 연구개
- 연구개 (yeon'gugae)tissue
Lithuanian minkštasis gomurys
- minkštasis gomurystissue
Polish podniebienie miękkie
- podniebienie miękkietissue
Portuguese palato mole
- palato moletissue
Romanian palat moale, vălul palatin
- palat moaletissue
- vălul palatintissue
Russian мя́гкое нёбо, за́днее нёбо
- мя́гкое нёбо (mjáxkoje njóbo)tissue
- за́днее нёбо (zádneje njóbo)tissue
Spanish velo del paladar, paladar blando
- velo del paladartissue
- paladar blandotissue
Swedish gomsegel, mjuk gom
- gomsegeltissue
- mjuk gomtissue
- velumtissue
Tagalog malambot na ngalangala
- malambot na ngalangalatissue
Turkish yumuşak damak
- yumuşak damaktissue
Welsh taflod feddal, cefn y daflod
- taflod feddaltissue
- cefn y daflodtissue
Cite this entry
soft palate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20palate
“soft palate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20palate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft palate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20palate.
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