guttural

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French guttural, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin gutturālis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin guttur (“throat”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/
  • (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʌɾɚɫ̩]
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  Audio (US):

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -əɹəl

Adjective

guttural (comparative more guttural, superlative most guttural)

1. Sounding harsh and throaty.

   German is considered a very guttural language, with many harsh consonants.
2. (phonetics) Articulated at the back of the mouth.
3. (medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.

   guttural duct of the ear;   guttural pouch infection

Translations

sounding harsh and throaty

• Armenian: կոկորդային (hy) (kokordayin)
• Bulgarian: гърлен (bg) (gǎrlen)
• Esperanto: guturala
• Finnish: käheä (fi)
• French: guttural (fr)
• German: guttural (de), kehlig (de)
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• Greek: λαρυγγώδης m (laryngódis), (linguistics) λαρυγγόφωνος (el) m (laryngófonos)
• Hebrew: גְרוֹנִי m
• Ido: guturala (io)
• Portuguese: gutural (pt)
• Russian: горта́нный (ru) (gortánnyj), горлово́й (ru) (gorlovój)

phonetics: articulated at the back of the mouth

• Bulgarian: гърлен (bg) (gǎrlen)
• Finnish: gutturaalinen
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• Sanskrit: कण्ठ्य (sa) (kaṇṭhya)

medicine, anatomy: of, relating to, or connected to the throat

• Bulgarian: на гърлото (na gǎrloto)
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• Finnish: kurkku- (fi), gutturaalinen

Noun

guttural (plural gutturals)

1. A harsh and throaty spoken sound

Translations

harsh and throaty spoken sound

• Finnish: kähinä
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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin gutturālis.

Adjective

guttural (feminine gutturale, masculine plural gutturaux, feminine plural gutturales)

1. guttural (of a consonant)
2. guttural (relating to the throat)

Further reading

• “guttural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɡʊtuˈʀaːl/
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  Audio:

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

guttural (comparative gutturaler, superlative am gutturalsten)

1. guttural