VELAR CONSONANT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate

Synonyms:

velar; velar consonant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("velar consonant" is a kind of...):

consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)

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