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velar

adj
/ˈviːlə/UK/ˈviːlɚ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum (“sail; veil, awning”).

  1. borrowed from vēlāris

Definitions

  1. Articulated at the velum or soft palate.

  2. Referring to a veil or velum.

  3. A sound articulated at the soft palate.

The neighborhood

Derived

labiovelar, nonvelar, velarity, velar nasal, velar pinch

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for velar. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA