Palate is a common misspelling of the color-related term palette.

The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and vertebrate animals. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior bony hard palate, and the posterior fleshy soft palate or velum. The name is Middle English and is probably derived from the Latin palatumor the Old French palat.

When functioning in conjunction with other parts of the mouth the palate produces certain sounds, particularly velar, palatal, palatalized, postalveolar, and alveolo-palatal consonants. It plays a role in a guttural consonants, together with the throat, tongue, and uvula.

See also

• Hard palate
• Soft palate
• cleft palate

Mouth

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