LARYNGEAL


Meaning of LARYNGEAL in English

— laryngeally , adv.

/leuh rin"jee euhl, lar'euhn jee"euhl/ , adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or located in the larynx.

2. Phonet. articulated in the larynx.

n.

3. Phonet. a laryngeal sound.

4. 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, laryngal /leuh ring"geuhl/ .

[ 1785-95; larynge ( us ) of, pertaining to the larynx (see LARYNG-, -EOUS) + -AL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .