palatine

Meaning

Adj

1. (historical, not-comparable, postpositional, usually) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
2. (historical, not-comparable, postpositional, usually) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
3. (not-comparable, postpositional, usually) Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
4. (not-comparable, postpositional, usually) Synonym of palatial.

Noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, postpositional, usually) Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
2. (postpositional, usually) A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical, postpositional, usually) Ellipsis of county palatine.
4. (historical, in-plural, postpositional, usually) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.

Noun

A fur cape or stole for women which covers the neck and shoulders.

Noun

Ellipsis of palatine bone.

Synonyms

palatine bone

palatal

palsgrave

os palatinum

palatinate

chamberlain

regal

royal

count palatine

palatic

queenly

kinglike

minister

official

Translations

palatino

palatino

os palatí

Gaumenbein

Gaumenknochen

βασιλικός

palatal

palatin

os palatin

palatale

os palatinum

paltsgraaf

palatino

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæl.ə.taɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: palatyne

In summary

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.