uvulaire
French, adjective/y.vy.lɛʁ/
uvulaire is spelled U-V-U-L-A-I-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uvulaire is a French adjective meaning “uvular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à l’uvule”.
What does uvulaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
uvular
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’uvule. 2. Qualifie le son produit avec une articulation faite au niveau de l’uvule.
noun: 1. Plante de la famille des liliacées (classification classique) ou des colchicacées (classification phylogénétique).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of uvulaire
- uvulaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uvulaire?
- /y.vy.lɛʁ/
- \y.vy.lɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to uvulaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is uvulaire in French?
uvulaire appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).