Palateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈpæl.ət/
• 韻: -ælət
• (weak vowel merger) 異形同音異義語: pallet, palette, pallette

名詞

palate (plural palates)

1. (anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]

   Synonym: uraniscus

   Hyponyms: hard palate, soft palate

   1. (zoology) A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates, somewhat analogous to the palate of vertebrates. [from 20th c.]
   2. (entomology, rare) The hypopharynx of an insect. [from 19th c.]
   3. (botany) A projection in the throat of certain bilabiate flowers as the snapdragon. [from 18th c.]
   4. (cooking, historical) The palate of an animal, as an item of food. [from 17th c.]
      • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Oxford, page 332:

        I remember, when he was in Scotland, his praising ‘Gordon's palates’ (a dish of palates at the Honourable Alexander Gordon's) with a warmth of expression which might have done for honour to more important subjects.

2. (figuratively) A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors. [from 14th c.]
   • 1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]:

     Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.

3. (figuratively) Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something. [from 15th c.]
   • 1656, Thomas Baker, he Wicked Mans Plot Defeated:

     entertain the palates of Nobles

4. Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks. [from 20th c.]
5. (obsolete) A dainty article of food.
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson:

     I remember, when he was in Scotland, his praising 'Gordon's palates,' (a dish of palates at the Honourable Alexander Gordon's) with a warmth of expression which might have done honour to more important subjects.

使用する際の注意点

• Not to be confused with palette or pallet.

派生語

関連する語

動詞

palate (third-person singular simple present palates, present participle palating, simple past and past participle 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 […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     Not palating the taste of her dishonour

   • 2013 October 10, Adam Mann, “Number Crunching Shows Old Movies Are More Creative Than New Ones”, in WIRED‎:

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

派生語

• palatable (adjective)

参照

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

アナグラム

• Platea, leap at, paleta, patela, petala

語源

From Old French palat, from Latin palātum.

発音

• IPA: /ˈpalat/, /ˈpalət/

名詞

palate

1. The palate; the top of the mouth (including the uvula).
2. One's sense of taste (the palate was believed to be the source of this).

派生した語

• English: palate

参照

• “palat(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 July 2018.