velar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum (“sail; veil, awning”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈviːlə/, /ˈveɪlə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) enPR: vē'lər, vā'lər, IPA^(key): /ˈviːlɚ/, /ˈveɪlɚ/
• Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ), -eɪlə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

Adjective

velar

1. (phonetics) Articulated at the velum or soft palate.
2. (mycology) Referring to a veil or velum.

Derived terms

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

• Laver, Ravel, arvel, larve, laver, ravel, reval

Asturian

Adjective

velar (epicene, plural velares)

1. velar

Verb

velar

1. to watch over; to keep an eye on
2. to invigilate

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vēlāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

velar m or f (masculine and feminine plural velars)

1. velar

Derived terms

• velaritzar

Noun

velar f (plural velars)

1. (linguistics) velar

Related terms

• vel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vēlāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velí, past participle velat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Valencian) /e/

1. (transitive) to shroud, to veil

Conjugation

Related terms

• vel

Further reading

• “velar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “velar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “velar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “velar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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-Portuguese velar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vigilāre, present active infinitive of vigilō. Doublet of vixiar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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):

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 vēlāris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) +‎ -ar.

Adjective

velar m or f (plural velares)

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 vēlāre, present active infinitive of vēlō.

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 2006–2022.
• “velar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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.
• “velar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

German

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈlaːɐ̯/
• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

velar (strong nominative masculine singular velarer, not comparable)

1. velar

Declension

Derived terms

• Velar

Further reading

• “velar” in Duden online
• “velar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Piedmontese

Adjective

velar

1. velar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin vēlāris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

Adjective

velar m or f (plural velares)

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

Learned borrowing from Latin vēlāre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

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

   Synonym: queimar

Conjugation

Derived terms

• velado

Etymology 3

From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin vigilāre. Compare with its doublets vigiar and vigilar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

Verb

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, 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

Borrowed from French vélaire.

Adjective

velar m or n (feminine singular velară, masculine plural velari, feminine and neuter plural velare)

1. velar

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

vèlār m (Cyrillic spelling вѐла̄р)

1. a velar

   Synonyms: jedrènīk, mekonepčanik, stražnjonepčanik

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ve‧lar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum.

Adjective

velar m or f (masculine and feminine plural velares)

1. velar

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish velar, from velo, or from Latin vēlāre, from vēlum.

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

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin vigilāre. 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

Further reading

• “velar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Latin vēlāris, from vēlum.

Adjective

velar (comparative velarare, superlative velarast)

1. (phonetics) velar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

velar

1. present indicative of vela

Anagrams

• alver, levar