palatine

See also: Palatine

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpæl.ə.taɪn/, /ˈpæl.ə.tɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpæl.əˌtaɪn/, (fur cape or stole) /ˈpæl.əˌtin/
• Rhymes: -ælətaɪn, -ælətɪn

Etymology 1

From late Middle English palatyne, from Old French palatin, from Medieval Latin palātīnus (“relating to the palace”), from palātium (“palace”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of paladin.

Adjective

palatine (not comparable) (usually postpositive)

1. (historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign. [from 15th c.]
   1. Subject to palatine authority. [from 15th c.] (of a territory)
2. Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
3. Synonym of palatial. [from 16th c.]

Related terms

• palace
• palatial

Noun

palatine (plural palatines)

1. A feudal lord (ellipsis of count palatine.) or a bishop possessing palatine powers. [from 16th c.]
2. A palace official, especially in an imperial palace. [from 16th c.]

   Synonym: chief minister

3. (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine. [from 16th c.]

   Synonym: palatinate

4. (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace. [from 17th c.]

   Synonym: praetorians

Derived terms

• count palatine
• county palatine
• palatinate

Related terms

• count palatinate
• county palatinate

Translations

palace official, chief minister

• Bulgarian: пфалцграф m (pfalcgraf)
• Czech: palatin m, palatýn m
• Hungarian: nádor (hu), nádorispán (hu), palotagróf

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French palatine, named after German Princess Palatine Elisabeth Charlotte (1652–1722).

Noun

palatine (plural palatines)

1. (historical) A fur cape or stole for women which covers the neck and shoulders. [from 17th c.]

Etymology 3

Borrowing from French palatin, from New Latin palātīnus, from palātum (“the palate”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to palate +‎ -ine.

Adjective

palatine (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
   • 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 10:

     They strive to astonish the most sophisticated taste, the only applause they seek is the thick sound of the satisfied tongue clapping the palatine papillae.

Derived terms

• ascending palatine artery
• autopalatine
• craniopalatine
• dermopalatine
• ethmopalatine
• glossopalatine
• greater palatine artery
• hyopalatine
• interpalatine
• maxillopalatine
• nasopalatine
• palatine aponeurosis
• palatine artery
• palatine bone
• palatine gland
• palatine nerve
• palatine tonsil
• palatine uvula
• palato-
• postpalatine
• pterygopalatine
• sphenopalatine
• transpalatine
• vomeropalatine

 

Translations

relating to the palate or the palatine bone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顎的／颚的 (zh), 顎骨的／颚骨的 (zh) (ègǔ de)

Noun

palatine (plural palatines)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone.

References

• “palatine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “palatine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Etymology

From ‘Princess Palatine’ Anne Gonzaga, who popularised the garment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.la.tin/

• Audio:

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Noun

palatine f (plural palatines)

1. (historical) tippet, shoulder cape

Further reading

• “palatine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• lapaient

Italian

Adjective

palatine f pl

1. feminine plural of palatino

Anagrams

• entalpia, penalità, piantale, planiate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.laːˈtiː.ne/, [päɫ̪äːˈt̪iːnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.laˈti.ne/, [päläˈt̪iːne]

Adjective

palātīne

1. vocative masculine singular of palātīnus