pharyngeal

pharyngeal

English

Alternative forms

• pharyngal

Etymology

From Late Latin pharyngeus +‎ -al, from pharynx (“the pharynx”) +‎ -eus (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/, /fəˈɹɪn.ʒi.əl/, /ˌfa.ɹɪnˈd͡ʒiː.əl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/, /ˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/, /fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/, /fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒiəl, -ɪnʒiəl, -iːəl, -ɪnd͡ʒəl

Adjective

pharyngeal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) 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.

Derived terms

• basipharyngeal
• buccopharyngeal
• cardiopharyngeal
• cephalopharyngeal
• chondropharyngeal
• circumpharyngeal
• craniopharyngeal
• cricopharyngeal
• cytopharyngeal
• epiglottopharyngeal
• epipharyngeal
• esophagopharyngeal
• extrapharyngeal
• glossopharyngeal
• hypopharyngeal
• infrapharyngeal
• intrapharyngeal
• laryngopharyngeal
• mesopharyngeal
• nasopharyngeal
• nonpharyngeal
• oculopharyngeal
• oropharyngeal
• palatopharyngeal
• parapharyngeal
• peripharyngeal
• pharyngealize
• pharyngeal plexus
• pharyngeal tonsil
• postpharyngeal
• prepharyngeal
• retropharyngeal
• rhinopharyngeal
• stylopharyngeal
• subpharyngeal
• thyropharyngeal
• transpharyngeal
• velopharyngeal

 

Descendants

• → New Latin: pharyngeālis

Translations

of or pertaining to the pharynx

Arabic: بُلْعُومِيّ‎ (bulʿūmiyy) 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 Greek: φαρυγγικός (el) (faryngikós) Hebrew: לועי‎ m (loí) Italian: faringale Japanese: 咽頭 (ja) (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) Galician: farínxeo m Georgian: ხახისმიერი (xaxismieri), ფარინგალური (paringaluri) German: pharyngisch, pharyngal Greek: φαρυγγικός (el) (faryngikós) Hebrew: לועי‎ m (loí) 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; ellipsis of pharyngeal consonant..

References

• “pharyngeal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “pharyngeal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary