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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to a velum, especially the soft palate.
2.
Phonetics. articulated with the back of the tongue held close to or touching the soft palate.
noun
3.
Phonetics. a velar sound.
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Velar
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| a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w) |
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velar
1726, from L. velaris, from velum "sail, curtain" (see veil). Originally an architect's term for a type of cupola; phonetics sense is from 1876, on notion of "pertaining to the velum," the anatomist's name for the soft palate (velum in this sense is attested from 1771, in full
EXPANDvelum palati). The noun meaning "a velar guttural" is recorded from 1886.
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velar ve·lar (vē'lər)
adj.
Of or relating to a velum.
Concerning or using the soft palate.
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