palateとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpælɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpælət/
• 韻: -ælɪt
• 異形同音異義語: palette, pallet, pallette (possibly depending on dialect or accent)

名詞

palate (複数形 palates)

1. (anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
2. The sense of taste.
3. (figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
   • 1733-1738, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace:

     Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.

4. (figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of T. Baker to this entry?)

5. (botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

派生語

動詞

palate (三人称単数 現在形 palates, 現在分詞 palating, 過去形および過去分詞形 palated)

1. (transitive, nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.

   Synonym: stomach

   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:

     Not palating the taste of her dishonour

   • Wired [1]

     "If it’s way out there, it’s hard to palate," said Sreenivasan.

アナグラム

• Platea, paleta, patela, petala

Latin

動詞

pālāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of pālō