pharyngal

English

Etymology

From pharynx + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fəˈɹɪŋ.ɡəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl

Adjective

pharyngal (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of pharyngeal.
    • 1890, Henry Sweet, A Primer of Phonetics, page 68:
      the quality of the voice may be modified through whole sentences by various glottal, pharyngal and oral influences

Noun

pharyngal (plural pharyngals)

  1. Alternative form of pharyngeal.

References

French

Adjective

pharyngal (feminine pharyngale, masculine plural pharyngaux, feminine plural pharyngales)

  1. pharyngeal

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