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guttural

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As an adjective, guttural means sounding harsh and throaty. As a noun, it means a harsh and throaty spoken sound.

Meanings of guttural

6 meanings

Sounding harsh and throaty.
“Arabic is considered a very guttural language, with many harsh consonants.”
phoneticsHaving 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.
medicineanatomyOf, relating to, or connected to the throat.
“guttural duct of the ear; guttural pouch infection”
Like the sounds of frogs and crows
“a guttural voice”
“acres of guttural frogs”
Similar: croaky

A harsh and throaty spoken sound
A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
Similar: guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

adjective: like the sounds of frogs and crows

croaky

noun: a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat

guttural consonantpharyngealpharyngeal consonant

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