velar

See also: vélar

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: vē'lər, vā'lər, IPA^(key): /ˈviːlɚ/, /ˈveɪlɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈviːlə/, /ˈveɪlə/
• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

Adjective

velar

1. (phonetics) Articulated at the velum or soft palate.
2. (mycology) Referring to a veil.

Related terms

• velic

Translations

articulated at the soft palate

• Armenian: ետնալեզվային (hy) (etnalezvayin)
• Catalan: velar (ca)
• Danish: velær
• Finnish: velaarinen (fi)
• Georgian: უკანასასისმიერი (uḳanasasismieri)
• Greek: υπερωικός (el) m (yperoïkós)
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• Icelandic: uppgómmæltur
• Mongolian: хойгуур (mn) (xojguur)
• Polish: welarny
• Portuguese: velar (pt)

Noun

velar (plural velars)

1. (phonetics) a sound articulated at the soft palate

Translations

a sound articulated at the soft palate

• Arabic: طَبَقِيّ (ṭabaqiyy)
• Armenian: ետնալեզվային (hy) (etnalezvayin)
• Catalan: velar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軟齶音／软腭音 (ruǎn'èyīn), 软腭音 (ruǎn'èyīn)

• Danish: velar (da) c
• Dutch: velaar (nl) m
• Finnish: velaari (fi)
• French: vélaire (fr) f
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• Georgian: ველარული (velaruli), უკანასასისმიერი (uḳanasasismieri)
• German: Velar (de) m, Gaumensegellaut (de) m
• Japanese: 軟口蓋音 (なんこうがいおん, nankōgaion)
• Portuguese: velar (pt) f
• Russian: веля́рный (ru) m (veljárnyj) (звук (zvuk)), задненёбный (ru) m (zadnenjóbnyj) (звук (zvuk)), заднеязы́чный (ru) (zadnejazýčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: једрѐнӣк m, меконепчаник m, стражњонепчаник m, вѐла̄р m

  Roman: jedrènīk (sh) m, mekonepčanik m, stražnjonepčanik m, vèlār (sh) m

• Welsh: felar

Further reading

• Velar consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• arvel, larve, laver, ravel, reval

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Danish

Noun

velar c (singular definite velaren, plural indefinite velarer)

1. velar

Declension

Declension of velar

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	velar	velaren	velarer	velarerne
genitive	velars	velarens	velarers	velarernes

Further reading

• “velar” in Den Danske Ordbog

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈlaːɐ̯/
• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

• Audio:

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Adjective

velar (not comparable)

1. velar

Derived terms

• Velar

Further reading

• “velar” in Duden online

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Piedmontese

Adjective

velar

1. velar

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈla(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /vɨˈlaɾ/
• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vēlāris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) +‎ -ar.

Adjective

1. (phonetics) velar (articulated at the soft palate)

Noun

velar f (plural velares)

1. (phonetics) velar (a consonant articulated at the soft palate)

Etymology 2

From Latin vēlāre, present active infinitive of vēlō.

Verb

1. to veil (cover with a veil)
2. to veil; to conceal; to hide

   Synonyms: esconder, ocultar

3. to damage photographic film due to excessive light

   Synonym: queimar

Derived terms

• velado

Etymology 3

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin vigilāre, present active infinitive of vigilō. Confer with its doublets vigiar and vigilar.

Verb

1. to keep a vigil (overnight watch over a deceased or dying person)
2. to protect; to defend (especially something abstract, such as reputation)

   Synonyms: defender, proteger, zelar

Derived terms

• velório

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

vèlār m (Cyrillic spelling вѐла̄р)

1. a velar

   Synonyms: jedrènīk, mekonepčanik, stražnjonepčanik

Declension

Declension of velar

	singular	plural
nominative	velar	velari
genitive	velara	velara
dative	velaru	velarima
accusative	velar	velare
vocative	velare	velari
locative	velaru	velarima
instrumental	velarom	velarima

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈlaɾ/ [beˈlaɾ]
• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum.

Adjective

velar m or f (masculine and feminine plural velares)

1. velar

Etymology 2

From Old Spanish velar, from velo, or from Latin vēlāre, present active infinitive of vēlō, from vēlum.

Verb

1. to veil
2. (information) to conceal, cover, hide
3. (photography) to fog

Derived terms

• desvelar
• develar
• revelar

 

Related terms

• vela
• velamen

 

Etymology 3

From Old Spanish, from Latin vigilāre, present active infinitive of vigilō. Compare the borrowed doublet vigilar.

Verb

1. to watch, guard
2. to be vigilant
3. to ensure, to see to, to guarantee (+ por)
4. to look after, to look out for, to watch over, to monitor (+ por)
5. to sit up (with an ill person)
6. to keep vigil (over a dead person)
7. (intransitive) to stay awake
8. (reflexive) to be ensured (+ por)

Conjugation

same as other etymology verb

Related terms

• vela
• velador
• vigilar

 

See also

• candela
• cirio

 

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Latin vēlāris, from vēlum.

Adjective

velar (comparative velarare, superlative velarast)

1. (phonetics) velar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

velar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of vela.

Anagrams

• alver, levar