velum
See also: vélum and vellum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vēlum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈviː.ləm/, /ˈvɛl.əm/
Audio (RP) (file) Audio (RP) (file)
Noun
velum (plural vela or velums)
- a thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain, such as:
- (anatomy) the soft palate
- (botany) a thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relatives
- (mycology) a veil-like membrane of immature mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is torn by growth, to reveal the gills
- (malacology) a locomotory and feeding organ provided with cilia found in the larval stage of bivalves
- (zoology) a annular membrane, typically bordering a cavity, especially in certain molluscs, medusae, and other invertebrates
- a delicate membrane found on certain protists
- (meteorology) an accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance; normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus
Derived terms
- velar (adjective)
Translations
soft palate — see soft palate
References
- “velum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “velum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Anagrams
- mvule
Faroese
Noun
velum
- indefinite dative plural of vel
French
Alternative forms
- vélum
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin velum (“veil, sail”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
velum m (plural velums)
- velum
Further reading
- “velum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛlʊm]
- Hyphenation: vè‧lum
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin vēlum.
Noun
vèlum (first-person possessive velumku, second-person possessive velummu, third-person possessive velumnya)
- (anatomy, linguistics) velum: the soft palate.
- veil: a covering for a person or thing; as, a caul.
Etymology 2
From English vellum, from Old French velin (Modern French vélin), from Latin vitulinus (“of a calf”).
Noun
vèlum (first-person possessive velumku, second-person possessive velummu, third-person possessive velumnya)
- vellum: a type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.
Further reading
- “velum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
![](Images/wiktionary/Sinagot-les-trois-freres.jpg.webp)
vēla rubra (red sails)
Etymology
- From Proto-Italic *wekslom, from Proto-Indo-European *wegslom, from *weg- (“to weave, bind”). Note its diminutive form vēxillum (as in pālus > pāxillus). Cognate with English wick.
- Others refer it to *weǵʰ- (“to ride”), thus "that which propels". Cognate with Proto-Slavic *veslo (“oar”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eː.lum/, [ˈu̯eːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.lum/, [ˈvɛːlum]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
vēlum n (genitive vēlī); second declension
- a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning
- a. 224, Ulpiānus, Dīgesta seu Pandectae, volume XXX, 41.10:
- Sed sī cancellī sint vel vēla, lēgārī poterunt, nōn tamen fistulae vel castellī.
- But while bar-doors or their veils can be legated, not so water-pipes or water-basins.
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- (usually in the plural) the sail of a ship
- 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Tristia 1.2.92:
- Ausoniōs fīnēs cūr mea vēla volunt?
- Why do my sails incline toward Italian shores?
(Ausonia: Ancient Greek name for lower Italy.)
- Why do my sails incline toward Italian shores?
- Ausoniōs fīnēs cūr mea vēla volunt?
- (anatomy) the soft palate
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vēlum | vēla |
Genitive | vēlī | vēlōrum |
Dative | vēlō | vēlīs |
Accusative | vēlum | vēla |
Ablative | vēlō | vēlīs |
Vocative | vēlum | vēla |
Derived terms
- vēlāris
- vēlārium
- vēlārius
- vēlifer
- vēlificātiō
- vēlificium
- vēlificō
- vēlificor
- vēlificus
- vēliger
- vexillum
Related terms
- vēlābrum
- vēlāmen
- vēlāmentum
- vēlātiō
- vēlātō
- vēlō
Descendants
Descendants of velum in other languages
- → Albanian: vel
- → English: velum
- → Hebrew: וִילוֹן (wīlṓn)
- Italian: velo
- Latin: vēla pl
- → Classical Syriac: ܘܝܠܐ (wēlā)
- → Dalmatian: vaila
- Italian: vela
- → Romanian: velă
- Old French: voile, veile, veille
- French: voile
- Norman: vaile
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: vela
- Mirandese: bela
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: vela
- Occitan: vela
- Old Portuguese: vea
- → Old Portuguese: vela
- Galician: vela
- Portuguese: vela
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: vele
- → Romansch: vela
- Sardinian: vela, bela
- Spanish: vela
- → Chamicuro: wela
- Old French: voil, veil
- → English: veil
- French: voile
- → English: voile
- → Irish: voil
- → Italian: voile
- → Romanian: voal
- → Russian: вуаль (vualʹ)
- → English: voile
- Norman: vouaile
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: vel
- Occitan: vel
- Old Portuguese: veo
- Portuguese: véu
- → Romansch: vel
- → Romanian: văl
- → Spanish: velo
References
- “velum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “velum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- velum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- velum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
- (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela facere, pandere
- (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela dare
- (ambiguous) to furl the sails: vela contrahere (also metaph.)
- (ambiguous) sails and rigging: vela armamentaque
- (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
- “velum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers