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gut·tur·al
I. \ˈgəd.ərəl, -ətər- also -ə.tr-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle French, probably from Medieval Latin gutturalis, from Latin guttur throat + -alis -al — more at cot
1. : of or relating to the throat
2.
a. : being or belonging to a speech sound or a language or speaker having sounds that do not occur in standard English and that are articulated in the throat
< the glottal stop, uvular r, the sound of ch in German Buch, and the sound or g in Wagen, in some German speech are guttural >
b. : being or belonging to a sound or utterance or a language or speaker having sounds that are strange, unpleasant, or disagreeable
c. : velar, palatal — not often used technically
3. : marked by or producing guttural sounds
< a guttural voice >
< laughed in his quiet, guttural way — Julian Dana >
< acres of guttural frogs — Marjory S. Douglas >
• gut·tur·al·ism \-rəˌlizəm\ noun -s
• gut·tur·al·i·ty \ˌgəd.əˈraləd.ē, ˌgətə-, -ətē, -i\ noun -es
• gut·tur·al·ly \ˈgəd.ərəlē, -ətər-, -li also ˈgə.tr-\ adverb
• gut·tur·al·ness noun -es
II. noun
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: a guttural sound or symbol or guttural speech or utterance |