guttural

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(gŭt'ər-əl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of or relating to the throat.
  2. Having a harsh grating quality, as certain sounds produced in the back of the mouth.
  3. Linguistics. Velar.

[French, from New Latin gutturālis, from Latin guttur, throat.]

gutturalism gut'tur·al·ism or gut'tur·al'i·ty (-ə-răl'ĭ-tē) or gut'tur·al·ness n.
gutturally gut'tur·al·ly adv.


is a non-technical term denoting a consonant produced in the throat or by the back of the tongue and the soft palate, for example k and hard g.

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Definition: deep in sound
Antonyms: dulcet

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IN BRIEF: A sound produced in the back of the throat.

pronunciation The cat made a low guttural sound so I knew that it did not want to be petted.

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Pertaining to the throat.

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  • Phonetics - guttural: (adj) articulated in back of mouth or with tongue against soft palate


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Common misspelling(s) of guttural

  • guttaral
  • gutteral

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - guttural, strube-
n. - guttural, strubelyd

Nederlands (Dutch)
ruig klinkend, voortkomende uit/ betreffende de keel, keelklank

Français (French)
adj. - guttural
n. - (Ling) guttural

Deutsch (German)
adj. - guttural, kehlig, Kehl-
n. - Kehllaut

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λαρυγγικός, λαρυγγόφωνος
n. - λαρυγγόφωνο, λαρυγγικός φθόγγος

Italiano (Italian)
gutturale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - gutural

Русский (Russian)
гортанный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de la garganta, ronco, gutural
n. - sonido gutural

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - strup-, guttural (fonet.)
n. - strupljud, guttural (fonet.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
喉咙的, 喉音的, 咽喉的, 喉音, 喉音字

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 喉嚨的, 喉音的, 咽喉的
n. - 喉音, 喉音字

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 목구멍의, 연구개음의, (목소리가) 걸걸한
n. - 연구개음, 후두음

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - のどから出る, 喉音の, 喉の
n. - 喉頭音

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حلقي, بلعومي, حنجري (الاسم) حشرجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גרוני, צרוד‬
n. - ‮עיצור גרוני‬


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