palais

See also: Palais

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.lɛ/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French palays, from Old French palais, from Latin palātium. Doublet of palace.

Noun

palais m (plural palais)

1. palace
2. courthouse (palais de justice)

Derived terms

• palais de danse
• révolution de palais

Descendants

• → Danish: palæ

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *palātium, an alteration of Latin palātum (“palate”) from the influence of palātium (“palace”).

Noun

palais m (plural palais)

1. palate; upper surface inside the mouth

   Synonym: goût

Derived terms

• palais dur
• palais mou
• palatal, palatale
• voile du palais

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lapais

Middle English

Noun

palais

1. Alternative form of paleys

Norman

Etymology

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *palātium, an alteration of Classical Latin palātum (“palate”) with influence from palātium (“palace”).

Noun

palais m (plural palais)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) palate

Old French

Etymology

From Latin palatium (“palace”).

Noun

palais oblique singular, m (oblique plural palais, nominative singular palais, nominative plural palais)

1. palace

Descendants

• Middle French: palays
  • French: palais
• → Middle Dutch: palais
  • Dutch: paleis
    • Afrikaans: paleis
• → Middle High German: palas
  • German: Palast
• → Middle English: paleys
  • English: palace
    • → French: palace
      • → Turkish: palas