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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. pharyngeal

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