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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024la•ryn•ge•al (lə rin′jē əl, lar′ən jē′əl),USA pronunciation adj. - Anatomyof, pertaining to, or located in the larynx.
- Phoneticsarticulated in the larynx.
n. - Phoneticsa laryngeal sound.
- Linguistics[Historical Ling.]one of several hypothetical phonemes assumed to have existed in Proto-Indo-European and to have been lost in most later Indo-European languages after having modified some contiguous consonants and vowels.
Also, la•ryn•gal (lə ring′gəl).USA pronunciation - Neo-Latin larynge(us) of, pertaining to the larynx (see laryng-, -eous) + -al1
- 1785–95
la•ryn′ge•al•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: laryngeal /ˌlærɪnˈdʒiːəl; ləˈrɪndʒɪəl/, laryngal /ləˈrɪŋɡəl/ adj - of or relating to the larynx
- articulated at the larynx; glottal
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin laryngeus of the larynx WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lar•ynx /ˈlærɪŋks/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. la•ryn•ges /ləˈrɪndʒiz/USA pronunciation lar•ynx•es. - Anatomya structure at the upper part of the throat, shaped like a box, in which the vocal cords are located.
la•ryn•ge•al /ləˈrɪndʒiəl, ˌlærənˈdʒiəl/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lar•ynx (lar′ingks),USA pronunciation n., pl. la•ryn•ges (lə rin′jēz),USA pronunciation lar•ynx•es. - Anatomya muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- Zoology
- a similar vocal organ in other mammals.
- a corresponding structure in certain lower animals.
- Greek lárynx
- Neo-Latin
- 1570–80
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