velarize

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈviːləɹaɪz/

Verb

velarize (velarizes, present participle velarizing; past and past participle velarized)

1. (phonology) To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool.
2. (phonology) To replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar.

   In several dialects of Central German, the cluster -nd- has been velarized to -ng-.

Related terms

• velarization

Translations

• German: velarisieren
• Russian: веляризовать
• Spanish: velarizar

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