[syn: croaky, guttural]
2. relating to or articulated in the throat;
- Example: "the glottal stop and uvular `r' and `ch'; in German `Bach'; are guttural sounds";
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Guttural \Gut"tur*al\, a. [L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.]
Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat;
relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the
throat.
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Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings.
--W. Guthrie.
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In such a sweet, guttural accent. --Landor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Guttural \Gut"tur*al\, n.
A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid
of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft
palate; also, a letter representing such a sound.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
guttural
adj 1: like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice";
"acres of guttural frogs" [syn: croaky, guttural]
2: relating to or articulated in the throat; "the glottal stop
and uvular `r' and `ch' in German `Bach' are guttural sounds"
n 1: a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
[syn: guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal,
pharyngeal consonant]