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
( -s )
: a guttural sound or symbol or guttural speech or utterance