velar

Relating to the soft palate (velum) in phonetics; used to describe sounds produced with the back of the tongue near the soft palate.

• 🇪🇸Relativo al velo del paladar o velo palatino, especialmente en fonética; se aplica a los sonidos articulados al acercar la parte posterior de la lengua al paladar blando.

1. Relating to the velum C2 formal

   Of or relating to the velum, especially the soft palate in the mouth.

   • The velar region of the palate is important in speech production.
   • In anatomy, the velar structure is part of the oral cavity.
   • The surgeon examined the velar area for any abnormalities.

   🇪🇸velar (relativo al velo del paladar)

   Antónimos: palatal

2. Phonetic articulation C2 formal

   Produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate, as in the sounds 'k', 'g', and 'ng'.

   • The 'k' in 'cat' is a velar consonant.
   • The 'g' in 'gun' is also a velar sound.
   • The 'ng' in 'sing' is a velar nasal.

   🇪🇸Articulación velar

• more velar comparative form
• most velar superlative form

A noun referring to a consonant sound articulated with the back of the tongue against or near the soft palate (velum).

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un sonido consonántico articulado elevando la parte posterior de la lengua hacia el velo del paladar o cerca de él.

1. Phonetic term C1 formal

   A speech sound produced by raising the back of the tongue to or near the soft palate (velum).

   • The sound /k/ in 'cat' is a velar.
   • In English, /g/ is also classified as a velar.
   • Linguists study how velars are articulated in different languages.

   🇪🇸Sonido velar

   Sinónimos: velar consonant

• velars plural form
• velars' possessive plural form
• velar's possessive singular form