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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

Alternative forms

• velarise

Etymology

From velar +? -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?l??a?z/
• Hyphenation: ve?lar?ize
• Rhymes: -a?z

Verb

velarize (third-person singular simple present velarizes, present participle velarizing, simple past and past participle velarized)

1. (phonology) To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool.
2. (phonology) To replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar.

Related terms

• velarization

Translations