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laryngeal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌlɛɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/ (General-American)
  • /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌlæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/ (General-American)
  • /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/ (General-American)
  • /ləˈɹɪn.ʒi.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)bor. Latin larynx Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus New Latin laryngeus English -al English laryngeal Derived from New Latin laryngeus + -al, from larynx (“larynx”) + -eus (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, laryng- + -al or -ial.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx.
    • At sight of it there commenced a series of laryngeal spasms, with clutchings at his throat, far more violent than any I had heretofore seen. 1871, S. G. Cook, “A Case of Hydrophobia”, in William A. Hammond, editor, The Journal of Psychological Medicine: Diseases of the Nervous System, Medical Jurisprudence and Anthropology, volume 5, page 83:
  2. (not-comparable, relational) (of a speech sound) Made by or with constriction of the larynx with only the front part of the vocal cords vibrating, giving a very low frequency and producing what is known as "creaky voice."

Forms

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laryngal alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

postlaryngeal · prelaryngeal · epilaryngeal · microlaryngeal · laryngeal prominence · laryngealized · nonlaryngeal · orolaryngeal · circumlaryngeal · laryngealize · hypolaryngeal · tracheolaryngeal · intralaryngeal · translaryngeal · extralaryngeal · laryngeal nerve · laryngeal saccule · supralaryngeal · endolaryngeal · laryngeal sac · hyolaryngeal · laryngeal artery · laryngeal pouch · sublaryngeal · glossolabiolaryngeal · perilaryngeal · otolaryngeal · retrolaryngeal · alaryngeal · superlaryngeal · pharyngolaryngeal · laryngeally

Translations (31)

ga laraingeach (of or pertaining to larynx) · pl krtaniowy (of or pertaining to larynx) · sh gr̀kljanskī (of or pertaining to larynx) · cmn 喉頭的 /喉头的 (of or pertaining to larynx) · fr laryngé (of or pertaining to larynx) · es laríngeo (of or pertaining to larynx) · pt laringal (of or pertaining to larynx) · hy կոկորդային (of or pertaining to larynx) · fr laryngien (of or pertaining to larynx) · bg гръкля́нен (of or pertaining to larynx) · sk hrtanový (of or pertaining to larynx) · pl laryngalny (of or pertaining to larynx) · bg гръкля́нов (of or pertaining to larynx) · gl larínxeo (of or pertaining to larynx) · vo larinik (of or pertaining to larynx) · la laryngicus (of or pertaining to larynx) · cmn 喉的 (of or pertaining to larynx) · ja 喉頭の (of or pertaining to larynx) · cs laryngální (of or pertaining to larynx) · ru горта́нный (of or pertaining to larynx) · fr laryngique (of or pertaining to larynx) · la laryngeālis (of or pertaining to larynx) · tr gırtlakçıl (of or pertaining to larynx) · de kehlkopflich (of or pertaining to larynx) · it laringico (of or pertaining to larynx) · sh lȁringālan (of or pertaining to larynx) · de Kehlkopf- (of or pertaining to larynx) · pt laríngeo (of or pertaining to larynx) · ru ларингеа́льный (of or pertaining to larynx) · el λαρυγγικός (of or pertaining to larynx) · cs hrtanový (of or pertaining to larynx)

laryngeal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌlɛɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/ (General-American)
  • /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌlæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/ (General-American)
  • /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/ (General-American)
  • /ləˈɹɪn.ʒi.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)bor. Latin larynx Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus New Latin laryngeus English -al English laryngeal Derived from New Latin laryngeus + -al, from larynx (“larynx”) + -eus (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, laryng- + -al or -ial.

Meanings

  1. An anatomical part (such as a nerve or artery) that supplies or is associated with the larynx.
  2. A sound uttered by using the larynx.
  3. (qualifier:Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩ and ⟨h₃⟩.
    • The vowel-coloring effects of the IH laryngeals cannot be considered apart from the vowel-reducing effect of the IH stress accent[…] 1940, J. Alexander Kerns, Benjamin Schwartz, “The Laryngeal Hypothesis and Indo-Hittite, Indo-European Vocalism”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 60, number 2, →DOI, page 183:
    • Finally, it should be noted that laryngeals not adjacent to syllabics were apparently deleted by three different rules. 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15:
    • […]it is not only different from Buck's in the linguistics (laryngeals have seen to that); it is very different in scope and aim. 1995, Andrew L. Sihler, New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page viii:

Forms

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laryngal alternative lexicographic
laryngeals Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (15)

hy կոկորդային (laryngeal sound) · ru ларинга́л (reconstructed consonant) · ru горта́нный звук (laryngeal sound) · de Laryngal (reconstructed consonant) · pt laringal (laryngeal sound) · hy կոկորդային (reconstructed consonant) · cmn 喉音 (laryngeal sound) · pl laryngał (reconstructed consonant) · pt laringeal (reconstructed consonant) · bg гръкля́нен звук (laryngeal sound) · de Kehlkopflaut (laryngeal sound) · cs laryngála (reconstructed consonant) · it suono laringale (laryngeal sound) · bg ларинга́л (reconstructed consonant) · it laringale (reconstructed consonant)