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velopharyngeal

velopharyngeal adjective: articulated at the velopharynx. (Those with cleft palate produce such sounds instead of standard sibilants.).

Adjective

velopharyngeal (comparative more velopharyngeal, superlative most velopharyngeal)

  1. Articulated at the velopharynx. (Those with cleft palate produce such sounds instead of standard sibilants.)

Noun

velopharyngeal (plural velopharyngeals)

  1. A sound articulated at the velopharynx.

velopharyngeal meaning in Bengali

velopharyngeal in Bengali

ভেলোফ্যারিংসে উচ্চারিত, ভেলোফ্যারিংসে উচ্চারিত একটি ধ্বনি

Forms of velopharyngeal

Adjective
comparativemore velopharyngeal
superlativemost velopharyngeal
Noun
pluralvelopharyngeals

Origin of velopharyngeal

From velo- + pharyngeal.

Words that rhyme with velopharyngeal

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about velopharyngeal

What does velopharyngeal mean?
Velopharyngeal means articulated at the velopharynx. (Those with cleft palate produce such sounds instead of standard sibilants.).
What is velopharyngeal in Bengali?
Velopharyngeal in Bengali is ভেলোফ্যারিংসে উচ্চারিত, ভেলোফ্যারিংসে উচ্চারিত একটি ধ্বনি. See Velopharyngeal meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is velopharyngeal?
Velopharyngeal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near velopharyngeal in the dictionary

  1. velometer
  2. velometers
  3. velomobile
  4. velomobiles
  5. velopalatal
  6. velopharyngeal
  7. velopharyngeals
  8. velopharynges
  9. velopharyngoplasties
  10. velopharyngoplasty
  11. velopharynx

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Adapted from Wiktionary: velopharyngeal (page history and authors); velopharyngeal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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