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English
Etymology
From Middle French guttural, from New Latin gutturālis, from Latin guttur (“throat”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
guttural (comparative more guttural, superlative most guttural)
- 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.
- (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.
- (medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.
guttural duct of the ear; guttural pouch infection
Translations
sounding harsh and throaty
phonetics: articulated at the back of the mouth
medicine, anatomy: of, relating to, or connected to the throat
References
Noun
guttural (plural gutturals)
- A harsh and throaty spoken sound
1899, Stanley Waterloo, The Wolf's Long Howl:He was hairy, and his speech of rough gutturals was imperfect.
1912, Frederic Stewart Isham, A Man and His Money: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:"Teeka is Tarzan's," said the ape-man, in the low gutturals of the great anthropoids.
Translations
harsh and throaty spoken sound
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin gutturālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
guttural (feminine gutturale, masculine plural gutturaux, feminine plural gutturales)
- guttural (of a consonant)
- (relational) throat; guttural
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
guttural (strong nominative masculine singular gutturaler, comparative gutturaler, superlative am gutturalsten)
- guttural
Declension
Positive forms of guttural
Comparative forms of guttural
Superlative forms of guttural
Further reading
- “guttural” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “guttural” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon