velar

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• UK: /ˈviːlə/
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• US: vē'lər
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• US: vā'lər
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• US: /ˈviːlɚ/
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• US: /ˈveɪlɚ/
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• rhymes with -iːlə(ɹ)
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Borrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum (“sail; veil, awning”). By surface analysis, vel(um) + -ar.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ետնալեզվային (etnalezvayin) — articulated at the soft palate
• Azerbaijani: damaqarxası — articulated at the soft palate
• Catalan: velar — articulated at the soft palate
• Czech: velární — articulated at the soft palate
• Czech: zadopatrový — articulated at the soft palate
• Czech: měkkopatrový — articulated at the soft palate
• Danish: velær — articulated at the soft palate
• Finnish: velaarinen — articulated at the soft palate
• French: vélaire — articulated at the soft palate
• Georgian: უკანასასისმიერი (uḳanasasismieri) — articulated at the soft palate
• Greek: υπερωικός (yperoïkós) — articulated at the soft palate
• Icelandic: uppgómmæltur — articulated at the soft palate
• Italian: velare — articulated at the soft palate
• Mongolian: хойгуур (xojguur) — articulated at the soft palate
• Polish: miękkopodniebienny — articulated at the soft palate
• Polish: tylnojęzykowy — articulated at the soft palate
• Polish: welarny — articulated at the soft palate
• Portuguese: velar — articulated at the soft palate
• Spanish: velar — articulated at the soft palate
• Arabic: طَبَقِيّ (ṭabaqiyy) — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Armenian: ետնալեզվային (etnalezvayin) — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Catalan: velar — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Chinese Mandarin: 軟齶音 /软腭音 (ruǎn'èyīn) — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Danish: velar — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Dutch: velaar — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Finnish: velaari — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• French: vélaire — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Georgian: ველარული (velaruli) — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Georgian: უკანასასისმიერი (uḳanasasismieri) — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• German: Velar — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• German: Gaumensegellaut — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Japanese: 軟口蓋音 (nankōgaion) — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Portuguese: velar — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Russian: веля́рный (veljárnyj) — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Russian: задненёбный (zadnenjóbnyj) — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Russian: заднеязы́чный (zadnejazýčnyj) — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Serbo-Croatian: једрѐнӣк — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Serbo-Croatian: меконепчаник — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Serbo-Croatian: стражњонепчаник — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Serbo-Croatian: вѐла̄р — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Serbo-Croatian: jedrènīk — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Serbo-Croatian: mekonepčanik — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Serbo-Croatian: stražnjonepčanik — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Serbo-Croatian: vèlār — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Slovene: mehkonebnik — a sound articulated at the soft palate
• Welsh: felar — a sound articulated at the soft palate