velar

nouns

a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate

velar, velar consonant

of or relating to the velum

velar

is derived from

pertains to

produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing')

velar

is similar to

(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum

"Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"