pharyngeal
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin pharyngeus + -al, from pharynx (“the pharynx”) + -eus (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪndʒiəl, -ɪnʒiəl, -iːəl, -ɪndʒəl
Adjective
pharyngeal (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pharynx.
- (phonetics) Articulated with the pharynx; a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant.
Derived terms
- basipharyngeal
- buccopharyngeal
- cardiopharyngeal
- cephalopharyngeal
- chondropharyngeal
- circumpharyngeal
- craniopharyngeal
- cricopharyngeal
- cytopharyngeal
- epiglottopharyngeal
- epipharyngeal
- esophagopharyngeal
- extrapharyngeal
- glossopharyngeal
- hypopharyngeal
- infrapharyngeal
- intrapharyngeal
- laryngopharyngeal
- mesopharyngeal
- nasopharyngeal
- nonpharyngeal
- oculopharyngeal
- oropharyngeal
- palatopharyngeal
- parapharyngeal
- peripharyngeal
- pharyngealize
- pharyngeal plexus
- pharyngeal tonsil
- postpharyngeal
- prepharyngeal
- retropharyngeal
- rhinopharyngeal
- stylopharyngeal
- subpharyngeal
- thyropharyngeal
- transpharyngeal
- velopharyngeal
Translations
of or pertaining to the pharynx
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of pharyngeal sounds
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Descendants
- → New Latin: pharyngeālis
Noun
pharyngeal (plural pharyngeals)
- (phonetics) A sound that is articulated with the pharynx; ellipsis of pharyngeal consonant..
References
- “pharyngeal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “pharyngeal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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- English terms derived from Late Latin
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- Rhymes:English/iːəl
- Rhymes:English/iːəl/4 syllables
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