Uvular

//ˈjuːvjʊlə//

Synonyms for "uvular"

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Translations

25 translations across 13 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • لَهَوِيّ adj (of a sound, articulated with the uvula)

Danish

2 entries
  • uvulær adj (of a sound, articulated with the uvula)
  • uvular noun (uvular sound)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kitakieleke adj (of or relating to the uvula)
  • uvulaarinen adj (of or relating to the uvula)
  • uvulaarinen adj (of a sound, articulated with the uvula)
  • uvulaari noun (uvular sound)

French

1 entries
  • uvulaire adj (of or relating to the uvula)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ნაქისმიერი noun (uvular sound)

Greek

1 entries
  • σταφυλικός adj (of or relating to the uvula)

Italian

2 entries
  • uvulare adj (of or relating to the uvula)
  • uvulare adj (of a sound, articulated with the uvula)

Polish

2 entries
  • języczkowy adj (of or relating to the uvula)
  • języczkowy adj (of a sound, articulated with the uvula)

Russian

3 entries
  • увуля́рный adj (of a sound, articulated with the uvula)
  • язычко́вый adj (of or relating to the uvula)
  • язычко́вый adj (of a sound, articulated with the uvula)

Spanish

2 entries
  • uvular adj (of or relating to the uvula)
  • uvular adj (of a sound, articulated with the uvula)

Swedish

3 entries
  • uvular adj (of a sound, articulated with the uvula)
  • uvulär adj (of or relating to the uvula)
  • uvulär adj (of a sound, articulated with the uvula)

Volapük

1 entries
  • lüätik adj (of or relating to the uvula)

Welsh

2 entries
  • tafodigol adj (of or relating to the uvula)
  • tafodigol adj (of a sound, articulated with the uvula)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Most English dialects lack uvular consonants.

Source: tatoeba (8903245)

Dutch has many kinds of R's, such as the alveolar R and the uvular R.

Source: tatoeba (11554174)

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