uvular

English

Etymology

From Latin ūvulāris. By surface analysis, uvula +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjuːvjʊlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjuːvjʊləɹ/

Adjective

uvular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the uvula.
2. (phonetics) Of a sound, articulated with the uvula (the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate).

Derived terms

• labiouvular

Translations

of or relating to the uvula

• Finnish: uvulaarinen (fi), kitakieleke- (fi)
• French: uvulaire (fr)
• Greek: σταφυλικός (el) (stafylikós)
• Italian: uvulare
• Polish: języczkowy (pl)
• Russian: язычко́вый (ru) (jazyčkóvyj)
• Spanish: uvular (es)
• Swedish: uvulär
• Volapük: lüätik
• Welsh: tafodigol

of a sound, articulated with the uvula

• Arabic: لَهَوِيّ (lahawiyy)
• Danish: uvulær (da)
• Finnish: uvulaarinen (fi)
• Italian: uvulare
• Polish: języczkowy (pl)
• Russian: увуля́рный (ru) (uvuljárnyj), язычко́вый (ru) (jazyčkóvyj)
• Spanish: uvular (es)
• Swedish: uvulär, uvular (sv)
• Welsh: tafodigol

Noun

uvular (plural uvulars)

1. (phonetics) A sound articulated with the uvula.

Translations

uvular sound

• Danish: uvular (da) c
• Finnish: uvulaari (fi)
• Georgian: ნაქისმიერი (nakismieri)

Danish

Noun

uvular

1. (phonetics) uvular

Declension

Declension of uvular

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	uvular	uvularen	uvularer	uvularerne
genitive	uvulars	uvularens	uvularers	uvularernes

German

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uvuˈlaːɐ̯/
• Hyphenation: uvu‧lar

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

uvular (strong nominative masculine singular uvularer, not comparable)

1. uvular

Declension

Positive forms of uvular (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist uvular	sie ist uvular	es ist uvular	sie sind uvular
strong declension (without article)	nominative	uvularer	uvulare	uvulares	uvulare
	genitive	uvularen	uvularer	uvularen	uvularer
	dative	uvularem	uvularer	uvularem	uvularen
	accusative	uvularen	uvulare	uvulares	uvulare
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der uvulare	die uvulare	das uvulare	die uvularen
	genitive	des uvularen	der uvularen	des uvularen	der uvularen
	dative	dem uvularen	der uvularen	dem uvularen	den uvularen
	accusative	den uvularen	die uvulare	das uvulare	die uvularen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein uvularer	eine uvulare	ein uvulares	(keine) uvularen
	genitive	eines uvularen	einer uvularen	eines uvularen	(keiner) uvularen
	dative	einem uvularen	einer uvularen	einem uvularen	(keinen) uvularen
	accusative	einen uvularen	eine uvulare	ein uvulares	(keine) uvularen

Derived terms

• Uvular

Further reading

• “uvular” in Duden online
• “uvular” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French uvulaire.

Adjective

uvular m or n (feminine singular uvulară, masculine plural uvulari, feminine/neuter plural uvulare)

1. uvular

Declension

Declension of uvular

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	uvular		uvulară		uvulari	uvulare
	definite	uvularul		uvulara		uvularii	uvularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	uvular		uvulare		uvulari	uvulare
	definite	uvularului		uvularei		uvularilor	uvularelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ubuˈlaɾ/ [u.β̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: u‧vu‧lar

Adjective

uvular m or f (masculine and feminine plural uvulares)

1. uvular

Further reading

• “uvular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin ūvulāris

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɵvɵˈlɑːr/

Adjective

uvular (not comparable)

1. (phonology, phonetics) uvular

Declension

Inflection of uvular

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	uvular	—	—
neuter singular	uvulart	—	—
plural	uvulara	—	—
masculine plural2	uvulare	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	uvulare	—	—
all	uvulara	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

uvular c

1. (phonetics, phonology) uvular consonant

Declension

Declension of uvular

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	uvular	uvulars
	definite	uvularen	uvularens
plural	indefinite	uvularer	uvularers
	definite	uvularerna	uvularernas

References

• uvular in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• uvular in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• uvular in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)