faucal

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Etymology[edit]

Latin fauces (“throat”).

Adjective[edit]

faucal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.

Noun[edit]

faucal (plural faucals)

  1. (phonetics) A sound produced in the fauces.
    • 1883, Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet:
      Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals.

Usage notes[edit]

Both faucal and faucial are used and accepted. Faucial is generally used in medicine; faucal more often in phonetics. Faucal seems to have more etymological validity with respect to both the Latin and English roots. The Latin root is faux. Latin nouns in -ux retain no affix in combination with -alis; the proper Latin construction is faucalis, compare: Latin vocalis/English vocal, Latin ducalis/English ducal.

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