How do you pronounce guttural?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/.

guttural

/ˈɡʌtəɹəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: gut-tural
IPA: /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/

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Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.

adj

Having 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.

adj

Sounding harsh and throaty.

noun

A harsh and throaty spoken sound

Example Sentences

"guttural duct of the ear; guttural pouch infection"
"Arabic is considered a very guttural language, with many harsh consonants."
"The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity."
"He was hairy, and his speech of rough gutturals was imperfect."
"He seems quite an exception to some husbands in that respect!" remarked the Berliner in deep gutturals."
""Teeka is Tarzan's," said the ape-man, in the low gutturals of the great anthropoids."

Etymology

From Middle French guttural, from New Latin gutturālis, from Latin guttur (“throat”) + -ālis.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: guttural, gutturālis, guttur

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/
British English: /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/

Inflected Forms

more guttural (comparative) most guttural (superlative) gutturals (plural)

Derived Forms

gutturalisation gutturalise gutturalism gutturality gutturalization gutturalize gutturally gutturalness nonguttural unguttural

Phrases

guttural toad

Synonyms

croaky guttural consonant pharyngeal pharyngeal consonant