velar

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

• (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

velar

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

• velic

velar (plural velars)

1. (phonetics) A sound articulated at the soft palate.

• Velar consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

velar (epicene, plural velares)

1. velar

velar

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

Borrowed from Latin vēlāris.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [veˈlaɾ]

velar m or f (masculine and feminine plural velars)

1. velar

• velaritzar

velar f (plural velars)

1. (linguistics) velar

• vel

Borrowed from Latin vēlāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [veˈlaɾ]

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

• vel

• “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.

velar c (singular definite velaren, plural indefinite velarer)

1. velar

• “velar” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): [beˈlaɾ]

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

From vela (“sail”).

• IPA^(key): [beˈlaɾ]

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, past participle velado)

1. to emerge when the tide ebbs

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

velar m or f (plural velares)

1. (phonetics) velar (articulated at the soft palate)

velar f (plural velares)

1. (phonetics) velar (a consonant articulated at the soft palate)

From Latin vēlāre, present active infinitive of vēlō.

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

• “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).

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

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

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velar (strong nominative masculine singular velarer, not comparable)

1. velar

• Velar

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

velar

1. velar

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

• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

velar m or f (plural velares)

1. (phonetics) velar (articulated at the soft palate)

velar f (plural velares)

1. (phonetics) velar (a consonant articulated at the soft palate)

Learned borrowing from Latin vēlāre.

• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

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

• velado

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

• Hyphenation: ve‧lar

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

• velório

Borrowed from French vélaire.

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

1. velar

vèlār m (Cyrillic spelling вѐла̄р)

1. a velar

   Synonyms: jedrènīk, mekonepčanik, stražnjonepčanik

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

Borrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum.

velar m or f (masculine and feminine plural velares)

1. velar

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

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

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin vigilāre. Compare the borrowed doublet vigilar.

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)

same as other etymology verb

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

From Latin vēlāris, from vēlum.

velar (comparative velarare, superlative velarast)

1. (phonetics) velar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

velar

1. present indicative of vela

• alver, levar