articulated with the uvula and the back of the tongue, such as the (r) sound of Parisian French
noun
3.
a uvular consonant
Derived forms
uvularly (ˈuvularly)
adverb
uvular in American English
(ˈjuvjələr)
adjective
1.
of or having to do with the uvula
2. Phonetics
articulated with a vibration of the uvula, or with the back of the tongue near or in contact with the uvula, as, in some French or German dialects, the sound represented by r