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velar en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈviːlɚ/ (US)
• vā'lər (US)
• /ˈviːlə/ (UK)
• vē'lər (US)
• /ˈveɪlɚ/ (US)
• /ˈveɪlə/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg- Proto-Indo-European *wegslomder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin vēlārisbor. English velar Borrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum (“sail; veil, awning”). By surface analysis, vel(um) + -ar.

Meanings

1. Articulated at the velum or soft palate.
2. Referring to a veil or velum.

Deriveds

equivelar · velarise · velarity · velar pinch · labiovelar · velarize · postvelar · velaric · velar nasal · intravelar · velarisation · prevelar · velarness · nonvelar · palatovelar · velarization

Relateds

velic

Translations (19)

hy ետնալեզվային (articulated at the soft palate) · pl welarny (articulated at the soft palate) · pl tylnojęzykowy (articulated at the soft palate) · ca velar (articulated at the soft palate) · cs velární (articulated at the soft palate) · es velar (articulated at the soft palate) · cs měkkopatrový (articulated at the soft palate) · mn хойгуур (articulated at the soft palate) · cs zadopatrový (articulated at the soft palate) · is uppgómmæltur (articulated at the soft palate) · pt velar (articulated at the soft palate) · ka უკანასასისმიერი (articulated at the soft palate) · fi velaarinen (articulated at the soft palate) · el υπερωικός (articulated at the soft palate) · it velare (articulated at the soft palate) · az damaqarxası (articulated at the soft palate) · da velær (articulated at the soft palate) · pl miękkopodniebienny (articulated at the soft palate) · fr vélaire (articulated at the soft palate)

velar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈviːlɚ/ (US)
• vā'lər (US)
• /ˈviːlə/ (UK)
• vē'lər (US)
• /ˈveɪlɚ/ (US)
• /ˈveɪlə/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg- Proto-Indo-European *wegslomder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin vēlārisbor. English velar Borrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum (“sail; veil, awning”). By surface analysis, vel(um) + -ar.

Meanings

1. A sound articulated at the soft palate.

Forms

Translations (27)

ru заднеязы́чный (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · ru задненёбный (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · sh stražnjonepčanik (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · sh mekonepčanik (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · sh меконепчаник (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · ca velar (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · sl mehkonebnik (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · ar طَبَقِيّ (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · nl velaar (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · sh вѐла̄р (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · ru веля́рный (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · hy ետնալեզվային (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · de Gaumensegellaut (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · de Velar (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · ka ველარული (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · cmn 軟齶音 /软腭音 (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · sh стражњонепчаник (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · pt velar (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · ja 軟口蓋音 (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · sh једрѐнӣк (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · fi velaari (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · fr vélaire (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · cy felar (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · sh vèlār (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · da velar (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · sh jedrènīk (a sound articulated at the soft palate) · ka უკანასასისმიერი (a sound articulated at the soft palate)