velar

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ve·lar /ˈviːlə $ -ər/ adjective technical  SLa velar consonant such as /k/ or /g/ is made by putting the back of your tongue close to the soft part at the top of your mouth 软腭音的〔如/k/或/g/〕

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velar• Loss of the velar fricative is a change that was finally adopted in near-standard vernaculars and formal styles.• Syllabic velar nasal is also possible in this context.• A new phoneme, the velar nasal, was born.Origin velar (1700-1800) Modern Latin velaris, from velum “back part of the top of the mouth”, from Latin; → VEIL1

ve·lar adjectiveChineseSyllable  

or consonant such as velar /k/ a Corpus /g/

velar
ve‧lar /ˈviːlə $ -ər/ adjective technicala velar consonant such as /k/ or /g/ is made by putting the back of your tongue close to the soft part at the top of your mouth

velarBrE /ˈviːlə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈviːlər/ 🔊 noun (phonetics 语音学) a speech sound made by placing the back of the tongue against or near the back part of the mouth, for example /k/ or /ɡ/ in the English words key and go 软腭音，舌根音（如 /k/ 或 /g/ ）▸ velar adjective