Guttural Definition

gŭtər-əl
adjective
Harsh; rasping.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to the throat.
American Heritage
Having a harsh grating quality, as certain sounds produced in the back of the mouth.
American Heritage
Characterized by such sounds.
A guttural language.
Webster's New World
Velar.
American Heritage
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noun
A guttural sound.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • pharyngeal consonant
  • pharyngeal
  • guttural consonant

Other Word Forms of Guttural

Noun

Singular:
guttural
Plural:
gutturals

Origin of Guttural

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

    From Wiktionary

  • French from New Latin gutturālis from Latin guttur throat

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Guttural Sentence Examples

  • At the end of this piece, she let out a guttural sob.

  • I quite understand, said Berg, getting up and speaking in a muffled and guttural voice.

  • The symbol G was a new coinage in the 3rd century B.C. The pronunciation of C throughout the period of classical Latin was that of an unvoiced guttural stop (k).

  • In other dialects of Italy b is found representing an original voiced guttural (gw), which, however, is regularly replaced by v in Latin.

  • Hinduism has also impressed its language upon the province, and the vernacular Assamese possesses a close affinity to Bengali, with the substitution of s for the Bengali ch, of a guttural h for the Bengali h or sh, and a few other dialectic changes.

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Words Starting With

GGUGUT

Words Ending With

LALRAL

Unscrambles

guttural

Words Starting With G and Ending With L

Starts With G & Ends With LStarts With GU & Ends With LStarts With G & Ends With AL

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With G8 Letter Words Ending With L