adjective
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of or relating to the uvula
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phonetics articulated with the uvula and the back of the tongue, such as the (r) sound of Parisian French
noun
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Etymology
Origin of uvular
From the New Latin word ūvulāris, dating back to 1700–10. See uvula, -ar 1
Example Sentences
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But there’s Bradley Cooper, nailing his uvular fricatives on the evening news.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
It lies in the middle of nowhere: 8,000 miles from the U.S., part of a uvular peninsula jutting into the South China Sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Laleh grew up with the ear for it—the uvular fricatives and alveolar trills that I could never get quite right.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
In this way the child produces three kinds of r-sounds—the labial, the uvular, and this bilateral-lingual.
From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by William T. Preyer
In the monologues appear näi, mimi, päpä, mimiä, pata, rrrrr, the last uvular and labial for minutes at a time.
From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by William T. Preyer
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