laryngeal

English

Alternative forms

• laryngal

Etymology

Derived from New Latin laryngeus, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρυγγος (lárungos), genitive of λᾰ́ρυγξ (lárunx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈɹɪn.dʒi.əl/, /læɹˈɪn.dʒəl/, /ˌlæɹ.ɪnˈdʒiː.əl/
• IPA^(key): /ləˈɹɪn.dʒi.əl/, /ˌlæɹ.ɪnˈdʒiː.əl/

Adjective

laryngeal (comparative more laryngeal, superlative most laryngeal)

1. Of or pertaining to a larynx or larynges.
   • 1871, Journal of Psychological Medicine (volume 5, page 83)

     At sight of it there commenced a series of laryngeal spasms, with clutchings at his throat, far more violent than any I had heretofore seen.

Derived terms

• alaryngeal
• endolaryngeal
• epilaryngeal
• extralaryngeal
• glossolabiolaryngeal
• hyolaryngeal
• hypolaryngeal
• intralaryngeal
• laryngealize
• laryngeally
• laryngeal prominence
• nonlaryngeal
• otolaryngeal
• perilaryngeal
• pharyngolaryngeal
• prelaryngeal
• retrolaryngeal
• sublaryngeal
• supralaryngeal
• translaryngeal

 

Translations

of or pertaining to larynx

• Armenian: կոկորդային (hy) (kokordayin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喉頭的／喉头的 (zh), 喉头的 (zh) (hóutóu de)

• Czech: hrtanový (cs), laryngální (cs)
• Finnish: kurkunpään (fi) (genitive of noun)
• French: laryngé (fr), laryngien (fr), laryngique
• German: kehlkopflich, Kehlkopf-
• Greek: λαρυγγικός (el) (laryngikós)
• Irish: laraingeach
• Italian: laringico
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 喉頭の (kōtō no)
• Latin: (Vulgar Latin) laryngealis, (Classical Latin) laryngicus
• Polish: krtaniowy (pl)
• Portuguese: laríngeo (pt)
• Russian: горта́нный (ru) (gortánnyj), ларингеа́льный (laringeálʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: lȁringālan, gr̀kljanskī (sh)
• Slovak: hrtanový (sk)
• Spanish: laringeo
• Turkish: gırtlakçıl
• Volapük: larinik

Noun

laryngeal (plural laryngeals)

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

Usage notes

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.

Translations

laryngeal sound

• Armenian: կոկորդային (hy) (kokordayin)
• German: Kehlkopflaut (de) m
• Italian: suono laringale m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: laringal f
• Russian: горта́нный звук m (gortánnyj zvuk)

in Proto-Indo-European linguistics, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants

• Armenian: կոկորդային (hy) (kokordayin)
• Czech: laryngála f
• German: Laryngal m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: laringale f
• Portuguese: laringeal
• Russian: ларинга́л (ru) m (laringál)