(phonetics) The quality of being a velar sound (a sound articulated at the velum or soft palate).

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

(phonetics) a sound articulated at the soft palate

plural of velar

(phonology) To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool. / (phonology) To replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar.

(phonology) The act or process of velarizing.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of velarize

present participle of velarize

simple past tense and past participle of velarize

(linguistics) Produced by combining a closure at the velum and a lowering of the tongue to decrease the pressure in the mouth.