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5-letter words (3 found)

LAVER,RAVEL,VELAR,

4-letter words (17 found)

ARLE,AVEL,AVER,EARL,LAER,LARE,LAVE,LEAR,LEVA,RALE,RAVE,REAL,VALE,VARE,VEAL,VELA,VERA,

3-letter words (13 found)

ALE,ARE,AVE,EAR,ERA,LAR,LAV,LEA,LEV,RAV,REV,VAE,VAR,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 42 words from velar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of velar

velar

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈviːlə/, /ˈveɪlə/
  • (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) [bəˈlar]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [vəˈla]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [veˈlaɾ]

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) [bəˈla]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [vəˈla]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [veˈlaɾ]

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to shroud, to veil
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • desvelar
  • veladura
Related terms

Further reading

  • “velar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “velar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “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. Doublet of vixiar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [beˈlaɾ]

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. (intransitive) to protect; to defend [with por ‘especially something abstract, such as reputation’]
    Synonym: gardar
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From vela (“sail”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [beˈlaɾ]

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

Learned borrowing 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.

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

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “velar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “velar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “velar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “velar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “velar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
  • “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

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 [Term?], 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/ [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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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

Source: wiktionary.org