uvular in English

adjective
1
(of a sound) articulated with the back of the tongue and the uvula, as r in French and q in Arabic.
In some Semitic languages the cognate sound is a voiceless uvular stop.
2
of or relating to the uvula.
The authors conclude that patients with obstructive sleep apnea or snoring have structural abnormalities in the boundary between the subepithelium and connective tissue in the uvular mucosa.
noun
1
a uvular consonant.
Their proposal presupposes that the members of this set, i.e., laryngeals, pharyngeals, uvulars and velars, should have in common certain physical basis.

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1. Brei definition: to speak with a uvular r , esp in Afrikaans Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

2. Vb , Breis , Breiing or Breid informal Also: brey South African to speak with a uvular r , esp in Afrikaans

3. Burr (third-person singular simple present Burrs, present participle Burring, simple past and past participle Burred) To pronounce with a uvular "r"

4. An examination of the International Phonetic Alphabet chart (IPA 2007) yields a large number of Consonantal places of articulation that are phonetically possible: bilabial, labio-dental, dental, alveolar, post-alveolar, retroflex, palatal, velar, uvular, pharyngeal, and glottal, as shown in Table 22.1.

5. "Before a pause, /N/ is a uvular ; it assimilates to the place of articulation of a following stop, affricate, or nasal". "/Q/ becomes a phonetic copy of a following obstruent". /s, z/, /t, d/, /n/, /h, b/, /p/, /m/, and /r/ could be palatalized.