pharyngal
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fəˈɹɪŋ.ɡəl/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
Adjective
pharyngal (not comparable)
- 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)
- Alternative form of pharyngeal.
References
- “pharyngal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
pharyngal (feminine pharyngale, masculine plural pharyngaux, feminine plural pharyngales)
Further reading
- “pharyngal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.