guttural
English
Etymology
From Middle French guttural, from New Latin gutturālis, from Latin guttur (“throat”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʌtəɹəl/
- (US) IPA(key): [ˈɡʌɾɚɫ̩]
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ʌtəɹəl
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.[1]
- (medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.
- guttural duct of the ear; guttural pouch infection
Translations
sounding harsh and throaty
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phonetics: articulated at the back of the mouth
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medicine, anatomy: of, relating to, or connected to the throat
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References
- R. L. Trask A Dictionary of Phonetics (Routledge 1996) p. 164
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.
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Translations
harsh and throaty spoken sound
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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin gutturālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡy.ty.ʁal/
Adjective
guttural (feminine gutturale, masculine plural gutturaux, feminine plural gutturales)
- guttural (of a consonant)
- (relational) throat; guttural
Further reading
- “guttural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʊtuˈʁaːl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
guttural (strong nominative masculine singular gutturaler, comparative gutturaler, superlative am gutturalsten)
- guttural
Declension
Positive forms of guttural
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist guttural | sie ist guttural | es ist guttural | sie sind guttural | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | gutturaler | gutturale | gutturales | gutturale |
| genitive | gutturalen | gutturaler | gutturalen | gutturaler | |
| dative | gutturalem | gutturaler | gutturalem | gutturalen | |
| accusative | gutturalen | gutturale | gutturales | gutturale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der gutturale | die gutturale | das gutturale | die gutturalen |
| genitive | des gutturalen | der gutturalen | des gutturalen | der gutturalen | |
| dative | dem gutturalen | der gutturalen | dem gutturalen | den gutturalen | |
| accusative | den gutturalen | die gutturale | das gutturale | die gutturalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein gutturaler | eine gutturale | ein gutturales | (keine) gutturalen |
| genitive | eines gutturalen | einer gutturalen | eines gutturalen | (keiner) gutturalen | |
| dative | einem gutturalen | einer gutturalen | einem gutturalen | (keinen) gutturalen | |
| accusative | einen gutturalen | eine gutturale | ein gutturales | (keine) gutturalen | |
Comparative forms of guttural
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist gutturaler | sie ist gutturaler | es ist gutturaler | sie sind gutturaler | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | gutturalerer | gutturalere | gutturaleres | gutturalere |
| genitive | gutturaleren | gutturalerer | gutturaleren | gutturalerer | |
| dative | gutturalerem | gutturalerer | gutturalerem | gutturaleren | |
| accusative | gutturaleren | gutturalere | gutturaleres | gutturalere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der gutturalere | die gutturalere | das gutturalere | die gutturaleren |
| genitive | des gutturaleren | der gutturaleren | des gutturaleren | der gutturaleren | |
| dative | dem gutturaleren | der gutturaleren | dem gutturaleren | den gutturaleren | |
| accusative | den gutturaleren | die gutturalere | das gutturalere | die gutturaleren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein gutturalerer | eine gutturalere | ein gutturaleres | (keine) gutturaleren |
| genitive | eines gutturaleren | einer gutturaleren | eines gutturaleren | (keiner) gutturaleren | |
| dative | einem gutturaleren | einer gutturaleren | einem gutturaleren | (keinen) gutturaleren | |
| accusative | einen gutturaleren | eine gutturalere | ein gutturaleres | (keine) gutturaleren | |
Superlative forms of guttural
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am gutturalsten | sie ist am gutturalsten | es ist am gutturalsten | sie sind am gutturalsten | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | gutturalster | gutturalste | gutturalstes | gutturalste |
| genitive | gutturalsten | gutturalster | gutturalsten | gutturalster | |
| dative | gutturalstem | gutturalster | gutturalstem | gutturalsten | |
| accusative | gutturalsten | gutturalste | gutturalstes | gutturalste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der gutturalste | die gutturalste | das gutturalste | die gutturalsten |
| genitive | des gutturalsten | der gutturalsten | des gutturalsten | der gutturalsten | |
| dative | dem gutturalsten | der gutturalsten | dem gutturalsten | den gutturalsten | |
| accusative | den gutturalsten | die gutturalste | das gutturalste | die gutturalsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein gutturalster | eine gutturalste | ein gutturalstes | (keine) gutturalsten |
| genitive | eines gutturalsten | einer gutturalsten | eines gutturalsten | (keiner) gutturalsten | |
| dative | einem gutturalsten | einer gutturalsten | einem gutturalsten | (keinen) gutturalsten | |
| accusative | einen gutturalsten | eine gutturalste | ein gutturalstes | (keine) gutturalsten | |
Further reading
- “guttural” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “guttural” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon