guttural

English

Etymology

From New Latin gutturālis, from Latin guttur (“throat”) +‎ -alis.

Adjective

guttural (comparative more guttural, superlative most guttural)

1. Sounding harsh and throaty.

   German is considered a very guttural language, with many harsh consonants.

2. (medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.

   guttural duct of the ear

   guttural pouch infection

Translations

sounding harsh and throaty

Greek: λαρυγγικός (el) (laryngikós) m., λαρυγγώδης (el) (laryngódis) m., (linguistics) λαρυγγόφωνος (el) (laryngófonos) m. Ido: guturala (io)

Portuguese: gutural (pt) Russian: гортанный (gortánnyj), горловой (gorlovój)

Noun

guttural (plural gutturals)

1. A harsh and throaty spoken sound
   • 1899, Stanley Waterloo, The Wolf's Long Howl^[1]:

     He was hairy, and his speech of rough gutturals was imperfect.

   • 1912, Frederic Stewart Isham, A Man and His Money^[2]:

     He seems quite an exception to some husbands in that respect!" remarked the Berliner in deep gutturals.

   • 1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jungle Tales of Tarzan^[3]:

     "Teeka is Tarzan's," said the ape-man, in the low gutturals of the great anthropoids.