velar
of or relating to a velum, especially the soft palate.
Phonetics. articulated with the back of the tongue held close to or touching the soft palate.
Phonetics. a velar sound.
Origin of velar
1Other words from velar
- post·ve·lar, adjective
- pseu·do·ve·lar, adjective
Words Nearby velar
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How to use velar in a sentence
Also called velar (from velum, for which see § 8) and more usually, but less accurately, guttural.
The Sounds of Spoken English | Walter RippmannThe metastoma, which has become in Ammocœtes the lower lip supplied by the velar or mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve ; 2.
The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook GaskellWhat, then, are these velar folds, and how is it that the tubular muscles of these two segments become the velar muscles?
The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook GaskellThis is that part of the velar folds which comes together in the middle line and closes the entrance into the respiratory chamber.
The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook GaskellThe velar or mandibular nerve supplies in Ammocœtes the muscles of the lower lip.
The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook Gaskell
British Dictionary definitions for velar
/ (ˈviːlə) /
of, relating to, or attached to a velum: velar tentacles
phonetics articulated with the soft palate and the back of the tongue, as in the sounds (k), (ɡ), or (ŋ)
Origin of velar
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