• (RP) IPA: /ˈpælɪt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈpælət/

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

• French: palais
• German: Gaumen
• Italian: palato
• Portuguese: palato, céu da boca
• Russian: нёбо
• Spanish: paladar

• Portuguese: paladar
• Russian: вкус
• Spanish: paladar

• Russian: вкус

• Russian: вкус

palate (palates, present participle palating; past and past participle palated)

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

   Synonyms: 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

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