different between velic vs velar

English

Adjective

velic (not comparable)

1. Of the velum.

Related terms

• velar

Anagrams

• Clive, clive

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