pharyngeal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfæɹɪnˈdʒiːəl/

Adjective

pharyngeal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the pharynx.
2. (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.

Synonyms

• pharyngal

Derived terms

• basipharyngeal
• buccopharyngeal
• chondropharyngeal
• craniopharyngeal
• cricopharyngeal
• cytopharyngeal
• epiglottopharyngeal
• epipharyngeal
• extrapharyngeal
• glossopharyngeal
• hypopharyngeal
• intrapharyngeal
• laryngopharyngeal
• mesopharyngeal
• nasopharyngeal
• nonpharyngeal
• oculopharyngeal
• oropharyngeal
• parapharyngeal
• peripharyngeal
• pharyngeal arch
• pharyngeal groove
• pharyngealize
• pharyngeal pouch
• pharyngeal reflex
• pharyngeal tonsil
• postpharyngeal
• prepharyngeal
• retropharyngeal
• stylopharyngeal
• subpharyngeal
• suprapharyngeal
• thyropharyngeal
• transpharyngeal
• velopharyngeal

 

Translations

of or pertaining to the pharynx

• Arabic: بُلْعُومِيّ (bulʕūmiyy)
• Catalan: faringi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 咽的 (zh) (yān-de)

• Czech: hltanový (cs), faryngální (cs)
• Dutch: faringisch
• Finnish: nielu- (fi)
• French: pharyngé (fr), pharyngien (fr)
• Galician: farínxeo m
• German: pharyngisch, pharyngal
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: φαρυγγικός (el) (faryngikós)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: faringale
• Japanese: 咽頭 (いんとう, intō)
• Latin: pharyngicus
• Portuguese: faríngeo (pt), faringiano, faríngico
• Russian: гло́точный (ru) (glótočnyj), фарингеа́льный (faringeálʹnyj)
• Spanish: faríngeo (es)
• Swedish: svalg-, faryngal
• Volapük: farinik
• Welsh: sefnigol, argegol

of pharyngeal sounds

• Arabic: حَلْقِيّ (ḥalqiyy)
• Catalan: faringi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 咽的 (zh) (yān-de)

• Dutch: faringisch
• Finnish: kurkku- (fi), faryngaalinen (fi)
• French: pharyngé (fr), pharyngien (fr)
• Georgian: ხახისმიერი (xaxismieri), ფარინგალური (paringaluri)
• German: pharyngisch, pharyngal
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: φαρυγγικός (el) (faryngikós)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: faringale
• Japanese: 咽頭音 (いんとうおん, intō-on)
• Latin: pharyngicus
• Portuguese: faríngeo (pt)
• Russian: горта́нный (ru) (gortánnyj), фаринга́льный (ru) (faringálʹnyj), фарингеа́льный (faringeálʹnyj)
• Spanish: faríngeo (es)
• Welsh: sefnigol, argegol

Noun

pharyngeal (plural pharyngeals)

1. (phonetics) A sound that is articulated with the pharynx.