UVULAR Definition & Meaning

uvular

[ yoo-vyuh-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

of or relating to the uvula.
Phonetics. articulated with the back of the tongue held close to or touching the uvula, as in the r- sound of Parisian French.

uvular

/ ˈ��ː��ʊ��ə /

of or relating to the uvula
phonetics articulated with the uvula and the back of the tongue, such as the (r) sound of Parisian French

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Origin of uvular¹

From the New Latin word ū��ܱ��, dating back to 1700–10. See uvula, -ar ¹

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Laleh grew up with the ear for it—the uvular fricatives and alveolar trills that I could never get quite right.

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But there’s Bradley Cooper, nailing his uvular fricatives on the evening news.

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Dickens noticed the uvular tone of voice in young thieves, due to deformity of the uvula.

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In the eighth and ninth weeks, the two utterances, örrö, arra, became frequent, the ö and a being pure and the r uvular.

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