Phrase guide

hard palate

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

the bony part of the roof of the mouth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: surface

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: qiellzë e fortë — tissue
  • Arabic: حَنَك صَلْب (ḥanak ṣalb) — tissue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硬腭 (yìng'è) — tissue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硬口蓋 /硬口盖 (yìngkǒugài) — tissue
  • Crimean Tatar: qattı tañlay — tissue
  • Czech: tvrdé patro — tissue
  • Finnish: kova kitalaki — tissue
  • French: palais dur — tissue
  • French: voûte palatine — tissue
  • Georgian: მაგარი სასა (magari sasa) — tissue
  • German: harter Gaumen — tissue
  • Irish: carball — tissue
  • Italian: palato duro — tissue
  • Italian: volta palatina — tissue
  • Japanese: 硬口蓋 (kōkōgai) — tissue
  • Korean: 경구개 (gyeonggugae) — tissue
  • Northern Kurdish: melaşû — tissue
  • Northern Kurdish: esmanê dev — tissue
  • Lithuanian: kietasis gomurys — tissue
  • Polish: podniebienie twarde — tissue
  • Portuguese: palato duro — tissue
  • Romanian: palatul dur — tissue
  • Romanian: bolta palatină — tissue
  • Russian: твёрдое нёбо (tvjórdoje njóbo) — tissue
  • Spanish: paladar duro — tissue
  • Swedish: hård gom — tissue
  • Tagalog: matigas na ngalangala — tissue
  • Turkish: sert damak — tissue
  • Turkmen: gaty kentlewük — tissue