Velar Common

Velar has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions

Noun

a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate

velar velar consonant

a sound articulated at the soft palate

Adjective

of or relating to the velum

velar

produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing')

velar

Articulated at the velum or soft palate.

See Also

second palatalization ach laut gheada velars soft c homorganic velarness palate

Related Terms

second palatalization ach laut gheada velars soft c homorganic velarness palate cuatrillo gha velic postvelar articulated nonvelar first palatalization prevelar velocardiofacial velum palatovelar click

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

consonant

Rhyming Words

alar elar hilar tolar salar bolar talar folar valar sylar filar selar solar kolar mylar vilar urlar molar polar volar

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