GUTTURAL


Meaning of GUTTURAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgə-tə-rəl, ˈgə-trəl ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle French, probably from Medieval Latin gutturalis, from Latin guttur throat

Date: 1594

1. : articulated in the throat

guttural sounds

2. : velar

3. : being or marked by utterance that is strange, unpleasant, or disagreeable

• guttural noun

• gut·tur·al·ism ˈgə-tə-rə-ˌli-zəm, ˈgə-trə- noun

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