velar
/'vi:lə/
Definition
Adjective:
- (Phonetics) Produced with the back of the tongue near the soft palate: Describes a speech sound made by raising the back of the tongue towards or against the soft part at the back of the roof of the mouth (the velum).
- (Anatomy) Of or relating to the velum: Pertaining to the soft palate.
Noun:
- (Phonetics) A velar consonant: A speech sound, such as /k/, /g/, or /ŋ/, produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The sounds /k/ and /g/ are velar stops in English.
- In some languages, nasal vowels can have a velar quality.
- Noun:
- The word "sing" ends with the velar nasal /ŋ/.
- Many languages have a series of velars in their consonant inventory.
Advanced Usage
- Velarization: A secondary articulation where the back of the tongue is raised toward the velum during the production of another sound, often giving it a "dark" quality (e.g., the "dark L" [ɫ] in some English accents).
- Velar pinch or Velar pinch: A term sometimes used in phonetics to describe the specific constriction at the velum.
Variants and Related Words
- Velum (n): The soft palate.
- Velaric (adj): Relating to airstream mechanisms involving a velar closure (e.g., clicks).
- Labiovelar (adj/n): A sound produced with simultaneous lip rounding and velar articulation (e.g., /w/).
Synonyms
- (Adjective - Phonetic sense): Dorsal (when referring specifically to tongue body articulation).
- (Noun): Velar consonant.
Related Phrases/Phrasal Verbs
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Related Idioms
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Adjective
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produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing')
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of or relating to the velum
Noun
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a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate
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