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velar

DEFINITIONS OF: velar

1

n a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate

Synonyms:
velar consonant
Type of:
consonant
a speech sound that is not a vowel

adj of or relating to the velum

adj 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')

Synonyms
hard
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
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