velar
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum (“sail; veil, awning”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈviːlə/, /ˈveɪlə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: vē'lər, vā'lər, IPA(key): /ˈviːlɚ/, /ˈveɪlɚ/
- Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ), -eɪlə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: ve‧lar
Adjective
editvelar
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
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Noun
editvelar (plural velars)
- (phonetics) A sound articulated at the soft palate.
Translations
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Further reading
editVelar consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
editAsturian
editAdjective
editvelar (epicene, plural velares)
Verb
editvelar
- to watch over; to keep an eye on
- to invigilate
Conjugation
editinfinitive | velar | ||||||
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gerund | velando | ||||||
past participle | m veláu, f velada, n velao, m pl velaos, f pl velaes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | velo | veles | vela | velamos | veláis | velen |
imperfect | velaba | velabes | velaba | velábemos, velábamos | velabeis, velabais | velaben | |
preterite | velé | velasti, velesti | veló | velemos | velastis, velestis | velaron | |
pluperfect | velare, velara | velares, velaras | velare, velara | veláremos, veláramos | velareis, velarais | velaren, velaran | |
future | velaré | velarás | velará | velaremos | velaréis | velarán | |
conditional | velaría | velaríes | velaría | velaríemos, velaríamos | velaríeis, velaríais | velaríen | |
subjunctive | present | vele | veles, velas | vele | velemos | veléis | velen, velan |
imperfect | velare, velara | velares, velaras | velare, velara | veláremos, veláramos | velareis, velarais | velaren, velaran | |
imperative | — | vela | — | — | velái | — |
Catalan
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editvelar m or f (masculine and feminine plural velars)
Derived terms
editNoun
editvelar f (plural velars)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editVerb
editvelar (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
Conjugation
editinfinitive | velar | ||||||
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gerund | velant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | velat | velada | |||||
plural | velats | velades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | velo | veles | vela | velem | veleu | velen | |
imperfect | velava | velaves | velava | velàvem | velàveu | velaven | |
future | velaré | velaràs | velarà | velarem | velareu | velaran | |
preterite | velí | velares | velà | velàrem | velàreu | velaren | |
conditional | velaria | velaries | velaria | velaríem | velaríeu | velarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | veli | velis | veli | velem | veleu | velin | |
imperfect | velés | velessis | velés | veléssim | veléssiu | velessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | vela | veli | velem | veleu | velin | |
negative (no) | — | no velis | no veli | no velem | no veleu | no velin |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “velar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “velar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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
editNoun
editvelar c (singular definite velaren, plural indefinite velarer)
Declension
editcommon gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | velar | velaren | velarer | velarerne |
genitive | velars | velarens | velarers | velarernes |
Further reading
edit- “velar” in Den Danske Ordbog
Galician
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese velar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vigilāre, present active infinitive of vigilō. Doublet of vixiar.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editvelar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, past participle velado)
- to keep vigil
- to watch over
- (transitive) to spy, stalk
- (intransitive) to protect; to defend [with por ‘especially something abstract, such as reputation’]
- Synonym: gardar
Conjugation
editSingular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | velar | |||||
Personal | velar | velares | velar | velarmos | velardes | velaren |
Gerund | ||||||
velando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | velado | velados | ||||
Feminine | velada | veladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | velo | velas | vela | velamos | velades | velan |
Imperfect | velaba | velabas | velaba | velabamos | velabades | velaban |
Preterite | velei | velaches | velou | velamos | velastes | velaron |
Pluperfect | velara | velaras | velara | velaramos | velarades | velaran |
Future | velarei | velarás | velará | velaremos | velaredes | velarán |
Conditional | velaría | velarías | velaría | velariamos | velariades | velarían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | vele | veles | vele | velemos | veledes | velen |
Imperfect | velase | velases | velase | velásemos | velásedes | velasen |
Future | velar | velares | velar | velarmos | velardes | velaren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | vela | vele | velemos | velade | velen | |
Negative (non) | non veles | non vele | non velemos | non veledes | non velen |
1Less recommended.
Etymology 2
editFrom vela (“sail”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editvelar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, past participle velado)
- to emerge when the tide ebbs
Conjugation
editSingular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | velar | |||||
Personal | velar | velares | velar | velarmos | velardes | velaren |
Gerund | ||||||
velando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | velado | velados | ||||
Feminine | velada | veladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | velo | velas | vela | velamos | velades | velan |
Imperfect | velaba | velabas | velaba | velabamos | velabades | velaban |
Preterite | velei | velaches | velou | velamos | velastes | velaron |
Pluperfect | velara | velaras | velara | velaramos | velarades | velaran |
Future | velarei | velarás | velará | velaremos | velaredes | velarán |
Conditional | velaría | velarías | velaría | velariamos | velariades | velarían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | vele | veles | vele | velemos | veledes | velen |
Imperfect | velase | velases | velase | velásemos | velásedes | velasen |
Future | velar | velares | velar | velarmos | velardes | velaren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | vela | vele | velemos | velade | velen | |
Negative (non) | non veles | non vele | non velemos | non veledes | non velen |
1Less recommended.
Etymology 3
editLearned borrowing from Latin vēlāris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) + -ar.
Adjective
editvelar m or f (plural velares)
Noun
editvelar f (plural velares)
Etymology 4
editFrom Latin vēlāre, present active infinitive of vēlō.
Verb
editvelar (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
- to damage photographic film due to excessive light
Conjugation
editSingular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | velar | |||||
Personal | velar | velares | velar | velarmos | velardes | velaren |
Gerund | ||||||
velando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | velado | velados | ||||
Feminine | velada | veladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | velo | velas | vela | velamos | velades | velan |
Imperfect | velaba | velabas | velaba | velabamos | velabades | velaban |
Preterite | velei | velaches | velou | velamos | velastes | velaron |
Pluperfect | velara | velaras | velara | velaramos | velarades | velaran |
Future | velarei | velarás | velará | velaremos | velaredes | velarán |
Conditional | velaría | velarías | velaría | velariamos | velariades | velarían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | vele | veles | vele | velemos | veledes | velen |
Imperfect | velase | velases | velase | velásemos | velásedes | velasen |
Future | velar | velares | velar | velarmos | velardes | velaren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | vela | vele | velemos | velade | velen | |
Negative (non) | non veles | non vele | non velemos | non veledes | non velen |
1Less recommended.
References
edit- 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: ILG
- 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
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editvelar (strong nominative masculine singular velarer, not comparable)
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist velar | sie ist velar | es ist velar | sie sind velar | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | velarer | velare | velares | velare |
genitive | velaren | velarer | velaren | velarer | |
dative | velarem | velarer | velarem | velaren | |
accusative | velaren | velare | velares | velare | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der velare | die velare | das velare | die velaren |
genitive | des velaren | der velaren | des velaren | der velaren | |
dative | dem velaren | der velaren | dem velaren | den velaren | |
accusative | den velaren | die velare | das velare | die velaren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein velarer | eine velare | ein velares | (keine) velaren |
genitive | eines velaren | einer velaren | eines velaren | (keiner) velaren | |
dative | einem velaren | einer velaren | einem velaren | (keinen) velaren | |
accusative | einen velaren | eine velare | ein velares | (keine) velaren |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editPiedmontese
editAdjective
editvelar
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Latin vēlāris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: ve‧lar
Adjective
editvelar m or f (plural velares)
Noun
editvelar f (plural velares)
Etymology 2
editLearned borrowing from Latin vēlāre.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: ve‧lar
Verb
editvelar (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
- to damage photographic film due to excessive light
- Synonym: queimar
Conjugation
editSingular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | velar | |||||
Personal | velar | velares | velar | velarmos | velardes | velarem |
Gerund | ||||||
velando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | velado | velados | ||||
Feminine | velada | veladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | velo | velas | vela | velamos | velais | velam |
Imperfect | velava | velavas | velava | velávamos | veláveis | velavam |
Preterite | velei | velaste | velou | velamos1, velámos2 | velastes | velaram |
Pluperfect | velara | velaras | velara | veláramos | veláreis | velaram |
Future | velarei | velarás | velará | velaremos | velareis | velarão |
Conditional | velaria | velarias | velaria | velaríamos | velaríeis | velariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | vele | veles | vele | velemos | veleis | velem |
Imperfect | velasse | velasses | velasse | velássemos | velásseis | velassem |
Future | velar | velares | velar | velarmos | velardes | velarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | vela | vele | velemos | velai | velem | |
Negative (não) | não veles | não vele | não velemos | não veleis | não velem |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin vigilāre. Compare with its doublets vigiar and vigilar.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: ve‧lar
Verb
editvelar (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)
Conjugation
editSingular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | velar | |||||
Personal | velar | velares | velar | velarmos | velardes | velarem |
Gerund | ||||||
velando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | velado | velados | ||||
Feminine | velada | veladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | velo | velas | vela | velamos | velais | velam |
Imperfect | velava | velavas | velava | velávamos | veláveis | velavam |
Preterite | velei | velaste | velou | velamos1, velámos2 | velastes | velaram |
Pluperfect | velara | velaras | velara | veláramos | veláreis | velaram |
Future | velarei | velarás | velará | velaremos | velareis | velarão |
Conditional | velaria | velarias | velaria | velaríamos | velaríeis | velariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | vele | veles | vele | velemos | veleis | velem |
Imperfect | velasse | velasses | velasse | velássemos | velásseis | velassem |
Future | velar | velares | velar | velarmos | velardes | velarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | vela | vele | velemos | velai | velem | |
Negative (não) | não veles | não vele | não velemos | não veleis | não velem |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
editRomanian
editEtymology
editAdjective
editvelar m or n (feminine singular velară, masculine plural velari, feminine and neuter plural velare)
Declension
editSerbo-Croatian
editNoun
editvèlār m (Cyrillic spelling вѐла̄р)
- a velar
- Synonyms: jedrènīk, mekonepčanik, stražnjonepčanik
Declension
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum.
Adjective
editvelar m or f (masculine and feminine plural velares)
Etymology 2
editInherited from Old Spanish velar, from velo, or from Latin vēlāre, from vēlum.
Verb
editvelar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velé, past participle velado)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | velar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | velando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | velado | velada | |||||
plural | velados | veladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | velo | velastú velásvos |
vela | velamos | veláis | velan | |
imperfect | velaba | velabas | velaba | velábamos | velabais | velaban | |
preterite | velé | velaste | veló | velamos | velasteis | velaron | |
future | velaré | velarás | velará | velaremos | velaréis | velarán | |
conditional | velaría | velarías | velaría | velaríamos | velaríais | velarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vele | velestú velésvos2 |
vele | velemos | veléis | velen | |
imperfect (ra) |
velara | velaras | velara | veláramos | velarais | velaran | |
imperfect (se) |
velase | velases | velase | velásemos | velaseis | velasen | |
future1 | velare | velares | velare | veláremos | velareis | velaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | velatú velávos |
vele | velemos | velad | velen | ||
negative | no veles | no vele | no velemos | no veléis | no velen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 3
editInherited from Old Spanish, from Latin vigilāre. Compare the borrowed doublet vigilar.
Verb
editvelar (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
editsame as other etymology verb
Related terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “velar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin vēlāris, from vēlum.
Adjective
editvelar (comparative velarare, superlative velarast)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editvelar
Anagrams
edit- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iːlə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/iːlə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/eɪlə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/eɪlə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- en:Phonetics
- en:Mycology
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian adjectives
- Asturian verbs
- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan adjectives
- Catalan epicene adjectives
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns with no feminine ending
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Linguistics
- Catalan verbs
- Catalan first conjugation verbs
- Catalan transitive verbs
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician doublets
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician verbs
- Galician verbs ending in -ar
- Galician transitive verbs
- Galician intransitive verbs
- Galician terms borrowed from Latin
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- Galician terms suffixed with -ar
- Galician adjectives
- gl:Phonetics
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
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- German 2-syllable words
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- German lemmas
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- German uncomparable adjectives
- Piedmontese lemmas
- Piedmontese adjectives
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ar
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese adjectives
- pt:Phonetics
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese doublets
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
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- es:Photography
- Spanish doublets
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- Swedish terms derived from Latin
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- sv:Phonetics
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