Meanings
adjectivevelopharyngeal (comparative more velopharyngeal, superlative most velopharyngeal)
comparative more velopharyngeal · superlative most velopharyngeal
- human sciencesArticulated at the velopharynx. (Those with cleft palate produce such sounds instead of standard sibilants.)
nounvelopharyngeal (plural velopharyngeals)
plural velopharyngeals
- human sciencesA sound articulated at the velopharynx.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*weg-
- Proto-Indo-European*wegslomder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-der.?
- Proto-Italic*wekslom
- Latinvēlum
- Englishvelo-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰruHg-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-der.?
- Pre-Greek*?der.?
- Ancient Greekφάρυγξ (phárunx)
- Latinpharynx
- Late Latinpharyngeus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishpharyngeal
- Englishvelopharyngeal
From velo- + pharyngeal.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with velopharyngeal
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
velopharyngeal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/velopharyngeal
MLA
“velopharyngeal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/velopharyngeal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “velopharyngeal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/velopharyngeal.
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