Fromvelar +-ize.
- IPA(key): /ˈviːləɹaɪz/
- Hyphenation:ve‧lar‧ize
- Rhymes:-aɪz
velarize (third-person singular simple presentvelarizes,present participlevelarizing,simple past and past participlevelarized)
- (phonology) To raise the back of the tongue toward thevelum while articulating another consonant, such as thel of Englishpool.
- (phonology) To replace a (usually more front) consonant with avelar.
In several dialects of Central German, the cluster -nd- has beenvelarized to -ng-.
to raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant
