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 edit
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Noun edit
velar (plural velars)
- (phonetics) A sound articulated at the soft palate.
Translations edit
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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/; (Valencian) /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
- (transitive with por) to protect; to defend (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
Borrowed 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 | |||||
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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.
References edit
- “velar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “velar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “velar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “velar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “velar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “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 | |||||
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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