- guttural consonant
- nouna consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat• Syn: ↑guttural, ↑pharyngeal, ↑pharyngeal consonant• Hypernyms: ↑consonant
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guttural consonant
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guttural — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a speech sound) produced in the throat. 2) (of speech) characterized by guttural sounds. ► NOUN ▪ a guttural consonant (e.g. k, g). DERIVATIVES gutturally adverb. ORIGIN Latin gutturalis, from guttur … English terms dictionary
Guttural R — In linguistics, guttural R (throaty R or French R) refers to pronunciation of a rhotic consonant as a guttural consonant. These consonants are usually uvular, but can also be realized as a velar, pharyngeal, or glottal rhotic. Speakers of some… … Wikipedia
guttural — adj. & n. adj. 1 throaty, harsh sounding. 2 a Phonet. (of a consonant) produced in the throat or by the back of the tongue and palate. b (of a sound) coming from the throat. c of the throat. n. Phonet. a guttural consonant (e.g. k, g).… … Useful english dictionary
guttural — [ gʌt(ə)r(ə)l] adjective (of a speech sound) produced in the throat. ↘(of speech) characterized by guttural sounds. noun a guttural consonant (e.g. k, g). Derivatives gutturally adverb Origin C16: from Fr., or from med. L. gutturalis, from L.… … English new terms dictionary
Guttural — is a term used to describe any of several speech sounds whose primary place of articulation is near the back of the oral cavity. In some definitions this is restricted to pharyngeal consonants, but in others includes some but not all velar and… … Wikipedia
guttural — 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 … Modern English usage
consonant — I adj. (formal) consonant to, with II n. 1) to articulate, pronounce a consonant 2) a dental; double, geminate; final; guttural; hard; labial; liquid; soft; unvoiced; velar; voiced consonant 3) (misc.) a consonant cluster * * * [ kɒnsənənt]… … Combinatory dictionary
consonant — Synonyms and related words: accented, accordant, according, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alike, allophone, alveolar, answerable, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, articulation, aspiration, assimilated, assimilation, assonant … Moby Thesaurus
guttural — Synonyms and related words: accented, allophone, alveolar, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, articulation, aspiration, assimilated, assimilation, back, barytone, bilabial, blurred, brassy, brazen, breathy, broad, cacuminal,… … Moby Thesaurus
pharyngeal consonant — noun a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat • Syn: ↑guttural, ↑guttural consonant, ↑pharyngeal • Derivationally related forms: ↑guttural (for: ↑guttural) … Useful english dictionary
