uvular, uvula: pronounced with the back of the tongue against or near the uvula (the small organ that hangs at the back of the velum). (See the diagrams of the principal organs of articulation and places of articulation.) The r of some varieties of French and German is uvular. See place of articulation. [Spanish: uvular, úvula]
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