adjective
- relating to or produced by the soft palate and back of the tongue
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- The sounds /k/ and /g/ are velar consonants.
- Velar sounds are produced when the tongue touches the soft palate.
- English has several velar phonemes in its sound system.
- The linguist studied velar articulation in different languages.
- Velar stops are common in many world languages.