different between velar vs uvula
velar
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
- (phonetics) Articulated at the velum or soft palate.
- (mycology) Referring to a veil or velum.
Related terms
- velic
Translations
Noun
velar (plural velars)
- (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)
- 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)
- to keep vigil
- to watch over
- Synonyms: gardar, vixiar
- (transitive) to spy, stalk
- Synonyms: agaitar, axexar, espreitar
- (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)
- 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)
- (phonetics) velar (articulated at the soft palate)
Noun
velar f (plural velares)
- (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)
- to veil (cover with a veil)
- to veil; to conceal; to hide
- Synonyms: esconder, ocultar
- 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)
- velar
Declension
Derived terms
- Velar
Further reading
- “velar” in Duden online
Piedmontese
Adjective
velar
- 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)
- (phonetics) velar (articulated at the soft palate)
Noun
velar f (plural velares)
- (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)
- to veil (cover with a veil)
- to veil; to conceal; to hide
- Synonyms: esconder, ocultar
- 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)
- to keep a vigil (overnight watch over a deceased or dying person)
- 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)
- velar
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
vèl?r m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- 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)
- 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)
- to veil
- (information) to conceal, cover, hide
- (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)
- to watch, guard
- to be vigilant
- to ensure, to see to, to guarantee (+ por)
- to look after, to look out for, to watch over, to monitor (+ por)
- to sit up (with an ill person)
- to keep vigil (over a dead person)
- (intransitive) to stay awake
- (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)
- (phonetics) velar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
velar
- present tense of vela.
Anagrams
- alver, levar
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uvula
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)
- (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
- (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
- (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- (anatomy) Uvula (appendage that hangs from the palate)
Synonyms
- anak lidah
- anak tekak
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