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The soft tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: velum, muscular palate
Antonyms: none provided
a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: velum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flap
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
qiellzë e butë
— tissue
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Arabic:
حَنَك رَخُو
(ḥanak raḵū)
— tissue
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Armenian:
կատիկ
(katik)
— tissue
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Armenian:
փափուկ քիմք
(pʻapʻuk kʻimkʻ)
— tissue
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Catalan:
vel del paladar
— tissue
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Catalan:
paladar tou
— tissue
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Chinese Mandarin:
軟齶 /软腭
(ruǎn'è)
— tissue
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Chinese Mandarin:
軟口蓋 /软口盖
(ruǎnkǒugài)
— tissue
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Crimean Tatar:
yımşaq tañlay
— tissue
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Czech:
měkké patro
— tissue
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Finnish:
kitapurje
— tissue
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Finnish:
pehmeä kitalaki
— tissue
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French:
voile du palais
— tissue
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French:
palais mou
— tissue
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Galician:
padal brando
— tissue
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Georgian:
რბილი სასა
(rbili sasa)
— tissue
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German:
Gaumensegel
— tissue
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German:
weicher Gaumen
— tissue
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German:
Velum
— tissue
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Irish:
coguas
— tissue
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Italian:
palato molle
— tissue
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Italian:
velo palatino
— tissue
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Italian:
velopendulo
— tissue
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Japanese:
軟口蓋
(nankōgai)
— tissue
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Korean:
연구개
(yeon'gugae)
— tissue
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Northern Kurdish:
nermika esmanê dev
— tissue
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Lithuanian:
minkštasis gomurys
— tissue
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Polish:
podniebienie miękkie
— tissue
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Portuguese:
palato mole
— tissue
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Romanian:
palat moale
— tissue
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Romanian:
vălul palatin
— tissue
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Russian:
мя́гкое нёбо
(mjáxkoje njóbo)
— tissue
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Russian:
за́днее нёбо
(zádneje njóbo)
— tissue
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Lower Sorbian:
měke njebjo
— tissue
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Lower Sorbian:
welum
— tissue
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Spanish:
velo del paladar
— tissue
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Spanish:
paladar blando
— tissue
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Swedish:
gomsegel
— tissue
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Swedish:
mjuk gom
— tissue
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Swedish:
velum
— tissue
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Tagalog:
malambot na ngalangala
— tissue
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Turkish:
yumuşak damak
— tissue
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Turkmen:
ýumşak kentlewük
— tissue
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Volapük:
müdapalat
— tissue
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Welsh:
taflod feddal
— tissue
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Welsh:
cefn y daflod
— tissue
