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velarity

velarity noun: the quality of being a velar sound (a sound articulated at the velum or soft palate).

Noun

velarity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a velar sound (a sound articulated at the velum or soft palate).

Origin of velarity

From velar + -ity.

Questions about velarity

What does velarity mean?
Velarity means the quality of being a velar sound (a sound articulated at the velum or soft palate).
What part of speech is velarity?
Velarity is a noun.

Words near velarity in the dictionary

  1. velarisations
  2. velarise
  3. velarised
  4. velarises
  5. velarising
  6. velarity
  7. velarium
  8. velariums
  9. velarivirus
  10. velariviruses
  11. velarization

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