guttural

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʌɾɚɫ̩]

  • Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌtəɹəl

Adjective

guttural (comparative more guttural, superlative most guttural)

1. Sounding harsh and throaty.

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

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

2. (phonetics) having a place of articulation towards the back of the mouth; in modern use, uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal; in earlier or non-technical use, also including velar.
3. (medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.

   guttural duct of the ear;   guttural pouch infection

Translations

sounding harsh and throaty

• Armenian: կոկորդային (hy) (kokordayin)
• Bulgarian: гърлен (bg) (gǎrlen)
• Esperanto: guturala
• Finnish: käheä (fi)
• French: guttural (fr)
• German: guttural (de), kehlig (de)
• Greek: λαρυγγώδης (el) m (laryngódis), (linguistics) λαρυγγόφωνος (el) m (laryngófonos)
• Hebrew: גְרוֹנִי m
• Ido: guturala (io)
• Italian: gutturale (it)
• Polish: nieartykułowany
• Portuguese: gutural (pt)
• Romanian: gutural (ro)
• Russian: горта́нный (ru) (gortánnyj), горлово́й (ru) (gorlovój)
• Spanish: gutural

phonetics: articulated at the back of the mouth

• Bulgarian: гърлен (bg) (gǎrlen)
• Finnish: gutturaalinen (fi)
• Polish: gardłowy (pl)
• Sanskrit: कण्ठ्य (sa) (kaṇṭhya)
• Spanish: gutural

medicine, anatomy: of, relating to, or connected to the throat

• Bulgarian: на гърлото (na gǎrloto)
• Finnish: kurkku- (fi), gutturaalinen (fi)
• Polish: gardłowy (pl)

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.

Translations

harsh and throaty spoken sound

• Finnish: kähinä

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin gutturālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡy.ty.ʁal/

Adjective

guttural (feminine gutturale, masculine plural gutturaux, feminine plural gutturales)

1. guttural (of a consonant)
2. (relational) throat; guttural

Further reading

• “guttural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊtuˈʁaːl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

guttural (strong nominative masculine singular gutturaler, comparative gutturaler, superlative am gutturalsten)

1. guttural

Declension

Positive forms of guttural

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist guttural	sie ist guttural	es ist guttural	sie sind guttural
strong declension (without article)	nominative	gutturaler	gutturale	gutturales	gutturale
	genitive	gutturalen	gutturaler	gutturalen	gutturaler
	dative	gutturalem	gutturaler	gutturalem	gutturalen
	accusative	gutturalen	gutturale	gutturales	gutturale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der gutturale	die gutturale	das gutturale	die gutturalen
	genitive	des gutturalen	der gutturalen	des gutturalen	der gutturalen
	dative	dem gutturalen	der gutturalen	dem gutturalen	den gutturalen
	accusative	den gutturalen	die gutturale	das gutturale	die gutturalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein gutturaler	eine gutturale	ein gutturales	(keine) gutturalen
	genitive	eines gutturalen	einer gutturalen	eines gutturalen	(keiner) gutturalen
	dative	einem gutturalen	einer gutturalen	einem gutturalen	(keinen) gutturalen
	accusative	einen gutturalen	eine gutturale	ein gutturales	(keine) gutturalen

Comparative forms of guttural

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist gutturaler	sie ist gutturaler	es ist gutturaler	sie sind gutturaler
strong declension (without article)	nominative	gutturalerer	gutturalere	gutturaleres	gutturalere
	genitive	gutturaleren	gutturalerer	gutturaleren	gutturalerer
	dative	gutturalerem	gutturalerer	gutturalerem	gutturaleren
	accusative	gutturaleren	gutturalere	gutturaleres	gutturalere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der gutturalere	die gutturalere	das gutturalere	die gutturaleren
	genitive	des gutturaleren	der gutturaleren	des gutturaleren	der gutturaleren
	dative	dem gutturaleren	der gutturaleren	dem gutturaleren	den gutturaleren
	accusative	den gutturaleren	die gutturalere	das gutturalere	die gutturaleren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein gutturalerer	eine gutturalere	ein gutturaleres	(keine) gutturaleren
	genitive	eines gutturaleren	einer gutturaleren	eines gutturaleren	(keiner) gutturaleren
	dative	einem gutturaleren	einer gutturaleren	einem gutturaleren	(keinen) gutturaleren
	accusative	einen gutturaleren	eine gutturalere	ein gutturaleres	(keine) gutturaleren

Superlative forms of guttural

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am gutturalsten	sie ist am gutturalsten	es ist am gutturalsten	sie sind am gutturalsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	gutturalster	gutturalste	gutturalstes	gutturalste
	genitive	gutturalsten	gutturalster	gutturalsten	gutturalster
	dative	gutturalstem	gutturalster	gutturalstem	gutturalsten
	accusative	gutturalsten	gutturalste	gutturalstes	gutturalste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der gutturalste	die gutturalste	das gutturalste	die gutturalsten
	genitive	des gutturalsten	der gutturalsten	des gutturalsten	der gutturalsten
	dative	dem gutturalsten	der gutturalsten	dem gutturalsten	den gutturalsten
	accusative	den gutturalsten	die gutturalste	das gutturalste	die gutturalsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein gutturalster	eine gutturalste	ein gutturalstes	(keine) gutturalsten
	genitive	eines gutturalsten	einer gutturalsten	eines gutturalsten	(keiner) gutturalsten
	dative	einem gutturalsten	einer gutturalsten	einem gutturalsten	(keinen) gutturalsten
	accusative	einen gutturalsten	eine gutturalste	ein gutturalstes	(keine) gutturalsten

Further reading

• “guttural” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “guttural” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon