velar
21velar — adjective a velar consonant such as, or /g/ is pronounced with the back of your tongue close to the soft part at the top of your mouth velar noun (C) …
22velar — /vee leuhr/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a velum, esp. the soft palate. 2. Phonet. articulated with the back of the tongue held close to or touching the soft palate. n. 3. Phonet. a velar sound. [1720 30; < L velaris. See VELUM, AR1] * * * …
23velar — I (Del lat. vigilare.) ► verbo intransitivo 1 Permanecer una persona despierta durante las horas en que se suele dormir. SINÓNIMO trasnochar 2 Cuidar o preocuparse por una persona o cosa: ■ la policía vela por su seguridad. REG. PREPOSICIONAL +… …
24velar — ve|lar 〈[ ve ] Adj.; Phon.〉 am Gaumensegel (Velum) gebildet, gesprochen ● velare Laute [<lat. „das Tuch, Segel betreffend“; zu velum „Tuch, Segel“] * * * ve|lar <Adj.> [zu ↑ Velum] (Sprachwiss.): (von Lauten) am ↑ …
25Velar — Ve|lar 〈[ ve ] m. 1; Phon.〉 am hinteren Gaumen mithilfe der Zunge gebildeter Laut, g, k (vor a, o, u), ch (wie in ach); oV Velaris; Sy Hintergaumenlaut, Kehllaut * * * ve|lar <Adj.> [zu ↑ Velum] (Sprachwiss.): (von Lauten) am …
26velar — ve|lar [ˈvi:lə US ər] adj technical [Date: 1700 1800; : Modern Latin; Origin: velaris, from velum back part of the top of the mouth , from Latin; VEIL1] a velar ↑consonant such as /k/ or /g/ is made by putting the back of your tongue close to the …
27velar — ve|lar [ vilər ] adjective LINGUISTICS pronounced with the back of your tongue near the upper back part of your mouth. The sounds k and g are velar CONSONANTS …
28velar — [ vi:lə] adjective 1》 relating to a veil or velum. 2》 Phonetics (of a speech sound) pronounced with the back of the tongue near the soft palate, as in k and g in English. noun a velar sound. Derivatives velarization or velarisation ˌvi:lərʌɪ… …
29velar — UK [ˈviːlə(r)] / US [ˈvɪlər] adjective linguistics pronounced with the back of your tongue near the upper back part of your mouth. The sounds k and g are velar consonants …
30velar — ve•lar [[t]ˈvi lər[/t]] adj. 1) anat. of or pertaining to a velum, esp. the soft palate 2) phn (of a consonant) articulated with the tongue close to or touching the soft palate, as the sounds (k), (g), or (ng) 3) phn a velar consonant • Etymology …
