laryngeal

English

Etymology

From modern Latin laryngeus, from larynx.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ləˈrɪn.dʒi.əl/, /læɹˈɪn.dʒəl/, /ˌlæɹ.ɪnˈdʒiː.əl/
• (US) IPA: /ləˈrɪn.dʒi.əl/, /ˌlæɹ.ɪnˈdʒiː.əl/

Adjective

laryngeal (comparative more laryngeal, superlative most laryngeal)

1. Of or pertaining to a larynx or larynges.

Translations

of or pertaining to larynx

Croatian: lȁringālan (hr), gr̀kljanskī (hr) Finnish: kurkunpään (fi) (genitive of noun) French: laryngé, laryngien, laryngique German: kehlkopflich Greek: λαρυγγικός (el) (laryngikós) Italian: laringico Japanese: 喉頭の (koutou no)

Latin: laryngealis (Vulgar Latin), laryngicus (Classical Latin) Polish: krtaniowy (pl) m. Russian: гортанный (ru) (gortánnyj) Spanish: laringeo (es) m., laringea (es) f. Turkish: gırtlakçıl (tr) Volapük: larinik (vo)

Noun

laryngeal (plural laryngeals)

1. A laryngeal sound, a sound uttered by using the larynx.
2. In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as <h₁>, <h₂> and <h₃>.

Usage notes

Wikipedia

The term laryngeal in Indo-European studies is but an anachronistic misnomer, retained only because it has been established as a standard term for those three phonemes. The exact phonetic value of Proto-Indo-European laryngeals is unknown, but it's generally agreed that not all of them were real laryngeals.