About The Word Guttural
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Guttural
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What's The Definition Of Guttural?
[n] a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
[adj] like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice"; "acres of guttural frogs" [adj] relating to or articulated in the throat; "the glottal stop and uvular `r' and `ch' in German `Bach' are guttural sounds" Synonyms | Synonyms for Guttural: cacophonic | cacophonous | croaking | croaky | guttural consonant Related Terms | Find terms related to Guttural: accented | allophone | alveolar | apical | apico-alveolar | apico-dental | articulated | articulation | aspiration | assimilated | assimilation | back | barytone | bilabial | blurred | brassy | brazen | breathy | broad | cacuminal | central | cerebral | check | checked | choked | choking | close | coarse | consonant | consonantal | continuant | cracked | croaking | croaky | dental | diphthong | dissimilated | dissimilation | dorsal | drawling | drawly | dry | dysphonic | epenthetic vowel | explosive | flat | front | glide | glossal | glottal | glottalization | gruff | hard | harsh | harsh-sounding | hawking | heavy | high | hoarse | husky | inarticulate | indistinct | intonated | labial | labialization | labiodental | labiovelar | laryngeal | lateral | lax | light | lingual | liquid | lisping | low | manner of articulation | metallic | mid | mispronounced | modification | monophthong | monophthongal | morphophoneme | mute | muted | muzzy | narrow | nasal | nasalized | occlusive | open | oxytone | palatal | palatalized | parasitic vowel | peak | pharyngeal | pharyngealization | pharyngealized | phone | phoneme | phonemic | phonetic | phonic | pitch | pitched | plosive | posttonic | prothetic vowel | quavering | ragged | raucid | raucous | retroflex | rough | rounded | roupy | rude | segmental phoneme | semivowel | shaking | shaky | snuffling | soft | sonant | sonority | speech sound | squawking | squawky | stertorous | stifled | stop | stopped | strangled | stressed | strong | surd | syllabic | syllabic nucleus | syllabic peak | syllable | tense | thick | throaty | tinny | tonal | tonic | transition sound | tremulous | triphthong | twangy | unaccented | unrounded | unstressed | velar | vocable | vocalic | vocoid | voice | voiced | voiced sound | voiceless | voiceless sound | voicing | vowel | vowellike | weak | wide See Also | consonant Guttural In Webster's Dictionary \Gut"tur*al\, a. [L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.]
Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat;
relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the
throat.
Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings.
--W. Guthrie.
In such a sweet, guttural accent. --Landor.
\Gut"tur*al\, n. A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound. |
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