Crossword clues for velar
velar
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Velar \Ve"lar\, a. [See Velum.]
Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate.
(Phon.) Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1726, from Latin velaris, from velum "sail, curtain" (see veil (n.)). Originally an architect's term for a type of cupola resembling a swelling sail; phonetics sense is from 1876, on notion of "pertaining to the velum," the anatomist's name for the soft palate (velum in this sense is attested from 1771, in full velum palati). The noun meaning "a velar guttural" is recorded from 1886.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (label en phonetics) articulated#English at the velum or soft palate. 2 (label en mycology) Referring to a veil. n. (label en phonetics) a sound articulated at the soft palate
WordNet
adj. of or relating to the velum
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')
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "velar".
It was our duty to die in defense of Lord Velar, yet we few did not fall.
All he had to do was allow his weight to fall forward, and the defeat of the army of Lord Velar would be .
Mountclemens says cats like to hear a repetition of syllables when they're being ad, dressed, and their ears are particularly receptive to palatal and velar sounds.
The structure of their ice apparatus, particularly the elongate mouth, prevents the pronunciation of the velar sounds.