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/ˈgʌt.ər.əl/ (adj & noun)
Guttural definition
Adjective: (in linguistics and phonology) a speech sound produced or articulated at the bottom of the throat, and as a result, very deep, husky, throaty, harsh, croaky, raucous, gruff-sounding, gruff, growly, rasping
Noun: a guttural sound especially a guttural consonant
Example
In the boys’ adventure stories I would read sixty years ago, the baddies often spoke in ‘guttural’ tones. Not only German and Arabic, but also Welsh, Hebrew, and Dutch are still occasionally referred to popularly as ‘guttural’ languages.
A hundred and fifty years ago ‘guttural’ was in use as a technical term in phonetics, as a descriptor for a place of articulation. In 1869 A. J. Ellis wrote:
The guttural nasal seems to have been the regular pronunciation of ng in English.
Source of example: http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com
Antonyms
Parts of speech
Noun: gutturalism
Noun: gutturality
Noun: gutturalness
Adverb: gutturally
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