different between velum vs velar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?lum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?.l?m/, /?v?l.?m/

Noun

velum (plural vela or velums)

1. a thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain, such as:
   1. (anatomy) the soft palate
   2. (botany) a thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relatives
   3. (mycology) a veil-like membrane of immature mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is torn by growth, to reveal the gills
   4. (malacology) a locomotory and feeding organ provided with cilia found in the larval stage of bivalves
   5. (zoology) a annular membrane, typically bordering a cavity, especially in certain molluscs, medusae, and other invertebrates
   6. a delicate membrane found on certain protists
2. (meteorology) an accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance; normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus

Derived terms

• velar (adjective)

References

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

Anagrams

• mvule

Faroese

Noun

velum

1. indefinite dative plural of vel

French

Alternative forms

• vélum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin velum (“veil, sail”).

Noun

velum m (plural velums)

1. velum

Latin

Etymology

• From Proto-Italic *wekslom, from Proto-Indo-European *wegslom, from *weg- (“to weave, bind”). Note its diminutive form v?xillum (as in p?lus > p?xillus). Cognate with English wick.

• Others refer it to *we??- (“to ride”), thus "that which propels". Cognate with Proto-Slavic *veslo (“oar”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?e?.lum/, [?u?e??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ve.lum/, [?v??lum]

Noun

v?lum n (genitive v?l?); second declension

1. a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
2. (usually in the plural) the sail of a ship

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• velum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• velum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• velum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• velum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• velum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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