# velar
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈviːlə/, /ˈveɪlə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) enPR: vē'lər, vā'lər, IPA: /ˈviːlɚ/, /ˈveɪlɚ/
* Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ), -eɪlə(ɹ)
* Hyphenation: ve‧lar

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* labiovelar
* nonvelar
* velarity
* velar nasal
* velar pinch

#### Related terms

* velic

#### Translations
### Noun

velar (plural velars)
* (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)
* velar

### Verb

velar
* to watch over; to keep an eye on
* to invigilate

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vēlāris.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bəˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [vəˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [veˈlaɾ]

#### Adjective

velar m or f (masculine and feminine plural velars)
* velar

##### Derived terms

* velaritzar

#### Noun

velar f (plural velars)
* (linguistics) velar

##### Related terms

* vel

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vēlāre.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bəˈla]
* IPA: (Balearic) [vəˈla]
* IPA: (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/
* (transitive) to shroud, to veil

##### Derived terms

* desvelar
* veladura

##### Related terms

* revelar
* vel
* velació

### Further reading

* “velar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “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)
* 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: [beˈlaɾ]

#### Verb

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, past participle velado)
* to keep vigil
* to watch over
    Synonyms: gardar, vixiar
* (transitive) to spy, stalk
    Synonyms: agaitar, axexar, espreitar
* (intransitive) to protect; to defend [with por ‘especially something abstract, such as reputation’]
    Synonym: gardar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Etymology 2

From vela (“sail”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [beˈlaɾ]

#### Verb

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, past participle velado)
* to emerge when the tide ebbs

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Latin vēlāris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) +‎ -ar.

#### Adjective

velar m or f (plural velares)
* (phonetics) velar (articulated at the soft palate)

#### Noun

velar f (plural velares)
* (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)
* to veil (cover with a veil)
* to veil; to conceal; to hide
    Synonyms: esconder, ocultar
* to damage photographic film due to excessive light

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### 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: /veˈlaːɐ̯/
* Hyphenation: ve‧lar
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

velar (strong nominative masculine singular velarer, not comparable)
* velar

#### Derived terms

* Velar

### Further reading

* “velar” in Duden online
* “velar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Piedmontese
### Adjective

velar
* velar

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin vēlāris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /veˈlaʁ/ [veˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /veˈlaʁ/ [veˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /veˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /veˈlaʁ/ [veˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /veˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨˈlaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vɨˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ve‧lar

#### Adjective

velar m or f (plural velares)
* (phonetics) velar (articulated at the soft palate)

#### Noun

velar f (plural velares)
* (phonetics) velar (a consonant articulated at the soft palate)

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin vēlāre.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /veˈla(ʁ)/ [veˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /veˈla(ʁ)/ [veˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /veˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /veˈla(ʁ)/ [veˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /veˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨˈlaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vɨˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ve‧lar

#### Verb

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, past participle velado)
* to veil (cover with a veil)
* to veil; to conceal; to hide
    Synonyms: esconder, ocultar
* to damage photographic film due to excessive light
    Synonym: queimar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Derived terms

* velado

### Etymology 3

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin vigilāre. Compare with its doublets vigiar and vigilar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /veˈla(ʁ)/ [veˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /veˈla(ʁ)/ [veˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /veˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /veˈla(ʁ)/ [veˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /veˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨˈlaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vɨˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ve‧lar

#### Verb

velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, past participle velado)
* to keep a vigil (overnight watch over a deceased or dying person)
* to protect; to defend (especially something abstract, such as reputation)
    Synonyms: defender, proteger, zelar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### 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)
* velar

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

vèlār m (Cyrillic spelling вѐла̄р)
* a velar
    Synonyms: jedrènīk, mekonepčanik, stražnjonepčanik

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* 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)
* to veil
* (information) to conceal, cover, hide
* (photography) to fog

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

##### Derived terms

* desvelar
* develar
* revelar
* veladura

##### Related terms

* vela
* velamen

### 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)
* to watch, guard
* to be vigilant
* to ensure, to see to, to guarantee (+ por)
* to look after, to look out for, to watch over, to monitor (+ por)
* to sit up (with an ill person)
* to keep vigil (over a dead person)
* (intransitive) to stay awake
* (reflexive) to be ensured (+ por)

##### Conjugation

same as other etymology verb

##### Related terms

* vela
* velación
* velador
* vigilar

#### See also

* candela
* cirio

### 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)
* (phonetics) velar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

velar
* present indicative of vela

### Anagrams

* alver, levar