Velar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to a velum.
  • adj. Concerning or using the soft palate.
  • adj. Articulated with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate, as (g) in good and (k) in king.
  • n. A velar consonant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Articulated at the velum or soft palate.
  • adj. Referring to a veil.
  • n. a sound articulated at the soft palate
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate.
  • adj. Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to a veil or velum; forming or formed into a velum; specifically, in philology, noting certain sounds, as those represented by the letters gw, kw, qu, produced by the aid of the veil of the palate, or soft palate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or relating to the velum
  • n. a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate
  • adj. 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')
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