velamen
Spanish, noun[beˈlamẽn]
velamen is spelled V-E-L-A-M-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 117,287th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velamen is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “set of sails of a boat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de velas que iza una embarcación”.
What does velamen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineset of sails of a boat
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de velas que iza una embarcación. 2. Membrana delgada que recubre un órgano.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of velamen
- velámenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce velamen?
- [beˈlamẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is velamen in Spanish?
velamen appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).