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velaric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ve-lar-ic
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Produced by combining a closure at the velum and a lowering of the tongue to decrease the pressure in the mouth.

Etymology

From velar + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more velaric (comparative) most velaric (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

glottalic pulmonic velic

Questions

What does velaric mean?
Produced by combining a closure at the velum and a lowering of the tongue to decrease the pressure in the mouth.
Where does velaric come from?
From velar + -ic.

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