different between uvula vs uvular

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?vula, diminutive of ?va (“grape”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ju?.vj?l.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ju.vj?l.?/
• Homophone: uvular (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

uvula (plural uvulae or uvulas or (obsolete) uvulæ)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine uvula: the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing

   Synonym: staphyle

2. (anatomy) the slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate
3. (music) an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper

Usage notes

• The Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989) marks this word as not naturalized in English.

Derived terms

• uvular (adjective)
• uvulatome
• uvulatomy
• uvulo-, uvul-

Translations

References

• “uvula”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “uvula”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin ?vula (“small grape”), diminutive of Latin ?va. Doublet of uvule, another borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.vy.la/

Noun

uvula f (plural uvulas)

1. uvula, palatine uvula

Synonyms

• luette
• uvule

Latin

Etymology

From ?va (“a grape”) +? -ula (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?.u?u.la/, [?u?u?o??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?u.vu.la/, [?u?vul?]

Noun

?vula f (genitive ?vulae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. Diminutive of ?va.

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Descendants

Malay

Etymology

From Late Latin ?vula (“little grape”), diminutive of Latin ?va (“grape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uvula/

Noun

uvula (Jawi spelling ???????, plural uvula-uvula, informal 1st possessive uvulaku, impolite 2nd possessive uvulamu, 3rd possessive uvulanya)

1. (anatomy) Uvula (appendage that hangs from the palate)

Synonyms

• anak lidah
• anak tekak

English

Etymology

From uvula +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ju?vj?l??/

Adjective

uvular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the uvula.
2. (phonetics) Of a sound, articulated with the uvula.

Translations

Noun

uvular (plural uvulars)

1. (phonetics) A sound articulated with the uvula.

Translations

Danish

Noun

uvular

1. (phonetics) uvular

Declension

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uvu?la???/
• Hyphenation: uvu?lar

Adjective

uvular (not comparable)

1. uvular

Declension

Derived terms

• Uvular

Further reading

• “uvular” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French uvulaire

Adjective

uvular m or n (feminine singular uvular?, masculine plural uvulari, feminine and neuter plural uvulare)

1. uvular

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ubu?la?/, [u.??u?la?]

Adjective

uvular (plural uvulares)

1. uvular