palatinadjectivecommon nounproper nounSyllable DecompositionpalatinEtymologyexpandfrom the Latin palatinus (of the Palatine), the Palatine Hill in Rome was the seat of the emperors' palace.Definitions1. Palatine lord.histoireexpandDes comtes et des palatins embrassent la vie cénobitique. Or, cette vie exige une austérité décourageante.2. German dialect spoken in the Rhine Valley, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, between the cities of Zweibrücken, Kaiserslautern, Alzey, Worms, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Speyer, Wörth am Rhein and on the border of the Alsace region in France. Its ISO 639 code is pfl.expandFemininepalatinePluralpalatinsTranslationsenglish:Pfaelzisch