different between velar vs homorganic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?l?ris, from v?lum (“sail; veil, awning”)

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: v?'l?r, v?'l?r, IPA^(key): /?vi?l?/, /?ve?l?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?vi?l?/, /?ve?l?/
• Hyphenation: ve?lar

Adjective

velar

1. (phonetics) Articulated at the velum or soft palate.
2. (mycology) Referring to a veil or velum.

Related terms

• velic

Translations

Noun

velar (plural velars)

1. (phonetics) a sound articulated at the soft palate

Translations

Further reading

• Velar consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• arvel, larve, laver, ravel, reval

Danish

Noun

velar c (singular definite velaren, plural indefinite velarer)

1. velar

Declension

Further reading

• “velar” in Den Danske Ordbog

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese velar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vigil?re, present active infinitive of vigil?. Doublet of vixiar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be?la?]

Verb

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, past participle velado)

1. to keep vigil
2. to watch over

   Synonyms: gardar, vixiar

3. (transitive) to spy, stalk

   Synonyms: agaitar, axexar, espreitar

4. (transitive with por) to protect; to defend (especially something abstract, such as reputation)

   Synonym: gardar

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From vela (“sail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be?la?]

Verb

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, past participle velado)

1. to emerge when the tide ebbs

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin v?l?ris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) +? -ar.

Adjective

velar m or f (plural velars)

1. (phonetics) velar (articulated at the soft palate)

Noun

velar f (plural velares)

1. (phonetics) velar (a consonant articulated at the soft palate)

Etymology 4

From Latin v?l?re, present active infinitive of v?l?.

Verb

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, past participle velado)

1. to veil (cover with a veil)
2. to veil; to conceal; to hide

   Synonyms: esconder, ocultar

3. to damage photographic film due to excessive light

Conjugation

References

• “velar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “velar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “velar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “velar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “velar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

velar (not comparable)

1. velar

Declension

Derived terms

• Velar

Further reading

• “velar” in Duden online

Piedmontese

Adjective

velar

1. velar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve?la(?)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /v??la?/
• Hyphenation: ve?lar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin v?l?ris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) +? -ar.

Adjective

velar m or f (plural velares, comparable)

1. (phonetics) velar (articulated at the soft palate)

Noun

velar f (plural velares)

1. (phonetics) velar (a consonant articulated at the soft palate)

Etymology 2

From Latin v?l?re, present active infinitive of v?l?.

Verb

velar (first-person singular present indicative velo, past participle velado)

1. to veil (cover with a veil)
2. to veil; to conceal; to hide

   Synonyms: esconder, ocultar

3. to damage photographic film due to excessive light

   Synonym: queimar

Conjugation

Derived terms

• velado

Etymology 3

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin vigil?re, present active infinitive of vigil?. Confer with its doublets vigiar and vigilar.

Verb

velar (first-person singular present indicative velo, past participle velado)

1. to keep a vigil (overnight watch over a deceased or dying person)
2. to protect; to defend (especially something abstract, such as reputation)

   Synonyms: defender, proteger, zelar

Conjugation

Derived terms

• velório

Romanian

Etymology

From French vélaire

Adjective

velar m or n (feminine singular velar?, masculine plural velari, feminine and neuter plural velare)

1. velar

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

vèl?r m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. a velar

   Synonyms: jedrèn?k, mekonep?anik, stražnjonep?anik

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be?la?/, [be?la?]
• Hyphenation: ve?lar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin v?l?ris, from v?lum.

Adjective

velar (plural velares)

1. velar

Etymology 2

From Old Spanish velar, from velo, or from Latin v?l?re, present active infinitive of v?l?, from v?lum.

Verb

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velé, past participle velado)

1. to veil
2. (information) to conceal, cover, hide
3. (photography) to fog

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 3

From Old Spanish, from Latin vigil?re, present active infinitive of vigil?. Compare the borrowed doublet vigilar.

Verb

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velé, past participle velado)

1. to watch, guard
2. to be vigilant
3. to ensure, to see to, to guarantee (+ por)
4. to look after, to look out for, to watch over, to monitor (+ por)
5. to sit up (with an ill person)
6. to keep vigil (over a dead person)
7. (intransitive) to stay awake
8. (reflexive) to be ensured (+ por)

Conjugation

same as other etymology verb

Related terms

See also

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Latin v?l?ris, from v?lum.

Adjective

velar (comparative velarare, superlative velarast)

1. (phonetics) velar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

velar

1. present tense of vela.

Anagrams

• alver, levar

English

Etymology

From homo- +? organic

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?m????æn?k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?m????æn?k/
• Hyphenation: ho?mor?gan?ic

Adjective

homorganic (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Of consonants: having the same place of articulation. For example, labial m, b, p, alveolar n, d, t, velar ?, g, k. Indic alphabets such as Devanagari, as well as the Korean hangul alphabet, are rationally arranged so that homorganic consonants are grouped together.

   Synonym: (rare) homotopic

   Antonym: heterorganic

2. (medicine) produced by the same or homologous organs

Translations

Noun

homorganic (plural homorganics)

1. (phonetics) A consonant having the same place of articulation as another.