velar
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed 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
[edit]velar
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
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Noun
[edit]velar (plural velars)
- (phonetics) A sound articulated at the soft palate.
Translations
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Further reading
[edit]Velar consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]velar (epicene, plural velares)
Verb
[edit]velar
- to watch over; to keep an eye on
- to invigilate
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | 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
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]velar m or f (masculine and feminine plural velars)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]velar f (plural velars)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]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
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | 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
[edit]Further 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]velar c (singular definite velaren, plural indefinite velarer)
Declension
[edit]common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | velar | velaren | velarer | velarerne |
genitive | velars | velarens | velarers | velarernes |
Further reading
[edit]- “velar” in Den Danske Ordbog
Galician
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese velar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vigilāre, present active infinitive of vigilō. Doublet of vixiar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]velar (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
[edit]Singular | Plural | |||||
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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
[edit]From vela (“sail”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velei, past participle velado)
- to emerge when the tide ebbs
Conjugation
[edit]Singular | Plural | |||||
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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
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin vēlāris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) + -ar.
Adjective
[edit]velar m or f (plural velares)
Noun
[edit]velar f (plural velares)
Etymology 4
[edit]From Latin vēlāre, present active infinitive of vēlō.
Verb
[edit]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
- to damage photographic film due to excessive light
Conjugation
[edit]Singular | 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]velar (strong nominative masculine singular velarer, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Piedmontese
[edit]Adjective
[edit]velar
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin vēlāris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: ve‧lar
Adjective
[edit]velar m or f (plural velares)
Noun
[edit]velar f (plural velares)
Etymology 2
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin vēlāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: ve‧lar
Verb
[edit]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
- to damage photographic film due to excessive light
- Synonym: queimar
Conjugation
[edit]Singular | 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
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin vigilāre. Compare with its doublets vigiar and vigilar.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: ve‧lar
Verb
[edit]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)
Conjugation
[edit]Singular | 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
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]velar m or n (feminine singular velară, masculine plural velari, feminine and neuter plural velare)
Declension
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Noun
[edit]vèlār m (Cyrillic spelling вѐла̄р)
- a velar
- Synonyms: jedrènīk, mekonepčanik, stražnjonepčanik
Declension
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum.
Adjective
[edit]velar m or f (masculine and feminine plural velares)
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish velar, from velo, or from Latin vēlāre, from vēlum.
Verb
[edit]velar (first-person singular present velo, first-person singular preterite velé, past participle velado)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | 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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin vigilāre. Compare the borrowed doublet vigilar.
Verb
[edit]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
[edit]same as other etymology verb
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “velar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin vēlāris, from vēlum.
Adjective
[edit]velar (comparative velarare, superlative velarast)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]velar
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
- Galician learned borrowings from Latin
- Galician terms suffixed with -ar
- Galician adjectives
- gl:Phonetics
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- 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
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish epicene adjectives
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -ar
- es:Photography
- Spanish doublets
- Spanish intransitive verbs
- Spanish reflexive verbs
- Swedish terms derived from Latin
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- sv:Phonetics
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish verb forms