pharyngeal

Other forms: pharyngeals

Definitions of pharyngeal
  1. adjective
    of or relating to the throat
    “pharyngeal fricatives”
  2. noun
    a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
    synonyms: guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal consonant
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    type of:
    consonant
    a speech sound that is not a vowel
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