Dictionary

guttural en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈɡɐɾəɹəɫ̩] (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (US) audio
• [ˈɡʌɾəɹəɫ̩] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈɡɐtəɹəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle French guttural, from New Latin gutturālis, from Latin guttur (“throat”) + -ālis.

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.
   • guttural duct of the ear; guttural pouch infection
2. Having a place of articulation towards the back of the mouth; in modern use, uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal; in earlier or non-technical use, also including velar.
3. Sounding harsh and throaty.
   • Arabic is considered a very guttural language, with many harsh consonants.
   • The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity. 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

gutturality · gutturalism · gutturally · nonguttural · gutturalise · gutturalization · gutturalness · guttural toad · gutturalize · unguttural · gutturalisation

Translations (30)

bg гърлен (phonetics: articulated at the back of the mouth) · de guttural (sounding harsh and throaty) · sq grykor (phonetics: articulated at the back of the mouth) · pl gardłowy (phonetics: articulated at the back of the mouth) · it gutturale (sounding harsh and throaty) · ru горлово́й (sounding harsh and throaty) · es gutural (phonetics: articulated at the back of the mouth) · de kehlig (sounding harsh and throaty) · es gutural (sounding harsh and throaty) · el λαρυγγώδης (sounding harsh and throaty) · hy կոկորդային (sounding harsh and throaty) · fi kurkku- (medicine, anatomy: of, relating to, or connected to the throat) · pt gutural (sounding harsh and throaty) · bg на гърлото (medicine, anatomy: of, relating to, or connected to the throat) · el λαρυγγόφωνος (sounding harsh and throaty) · fi gutturaalinen (medicine, anatomy: of, relating to, or connected to the throat) · ro gutural (sounding harsh and throaty) · fi gutturaalinen (phonetics: articulated at the back of the mouth) · ru горта́нный (sounding harsh and throaty) · sa कण्ठ्य (phonetics: articulated at the back of the mouth) · pl nieartykułowany (sounding harsh and throaty) · hu gutturális (phonetics: articulated at the back of the mouth) · fr guttural (sounding harsh and throaty) · eo guturala (sounding harsh and throaty) · io guturala (sounding harsh and throaty) · bg гърлен (sounding harsh and throaty) · ca gutural (sounding harsh and throaty) · fi käheä (sounding harsh and throaty) · pl gardłowy (medicine, anatomy: of, relating to, or connected to the throat) · he גְרוֹנִי (sounding harsh and throaty)

guttural en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈɡɐɾəɹəɫ̩] (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (US) audio
• [ˈɡʌɾəɹəɫ̩] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈɡɐtəɹəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle French guttural, from New Latin gutturālis, from Latin guttur (“throat”) + -ālis.

Meanings

1. A harsh and throaty spoken sound
   • He seems quite an exception to some husbands in that respect!" remarked the Berliner in deep gutturals. 1912, Frederic Stewart Isham, A Man and His Money:
   • "Teeka is Tarzan's," said the ape-man, in the low gutturals of the great anthropoids. 1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jungle Tales of Tarzan:
   • He was hairy, and his speech of rough gutturals was imperfect. 1899, Stanley Waterloo, The Wolf's Long Howl:

Forms

Translations (4)

fi kähinä (harsh and throaty spoken sound) · nl keelklank (harsh and throaty spoken sound) · hu torokhang (harsh and throaty spoken sound) · sq grykore (harsh and throaty spoken sound)