velar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: velar	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for velar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
velar adj of or relating to the velum 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') n a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate Synonym(s): velar, velar consonant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Velar \Ve"lar\, a. [See {Velum}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate. 2. (Phon.) Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q.