guttural

[ guht-er-uhl ]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to the throat.

  2. harsh; throaty.

  1. Phonetics. pertaining to or characterized by a sound articulated in the back of the mouth, as the non-English velar fricative sound [kh]. /x/.

noun
  1. a guttural sound.

Origin of guttural

1
1585–95; <New Latin gutturālis of the throat, equivalent to Latin guttur gullet, throat + -ālis-al1

Other words from guttural

  • gut·tur·al·ly, adverb
  • gut·tur·al·ness, gut·tur·al·i·ty, gut·tur·al·ism, noun
  • non·gut·tur·al, adjective
  • non·gut·tur·al·ly, adverb
  • non·gut·tur·al·ness, noun
  • un·gut·tur·al, adjective
  • un·gut·tur·al·ly, adverb
  • un·gut·tur·al·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for guttural

guttural

/ (ˈɡʌtərəl) /


adjective
  1. anatomy of or relating to the throat

  2. phonetics pronounced in the throat or the back of the mouth; velar or uvular

  1. raucous

noun
  1. phonetics a guttural consonant

Origin of guttural

1
C16: from New Latin gutturālis concerning the throat, from Latin guttur gullet

Derived forms of guttural

  • gutturally, adverb
  • gutturalness, gutturality or gutturalism, noun

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