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guttural

UK/ˈɡʌtəɹəl/US/ˈɡʌtəɹəl/
adjectiveC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,248 of 15,258neutral

Guttural means harsh and produced deep in the throat. A guttural voice, guttural sounds, guttural and low.

In phonetics it is a loose term for consonants made at the back of the mouth, and linguists avoid it because it is imprecise and because it is so often used to disparage other people's languages. Of a voice it means rasping. Note that the Latin guttur means the throat.

Definitions of guttural

  1. 1adjectivegutturalHarsh and produced deep in the throat.C1

    “The dog let out a low, guttural growl.”

guttural is a quality of sound.

Where it comes from

New Latin gutturalis comes from Latin guttur, the throat. Goitre comes from the same throat.

  1. Latin

    guttur — throat

  2. New Latin

    gutturālis

  3. Middle French

    guttural

  4. English, today

    guttural

From Middle French guttural, from New Latin gutturālis, from Latin guttur (“throat”) + -ālis.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

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guttural in the wild

  • Some segolate words' final syllable ends with a patach rather than a segol, due to the influence of guttural consonants in the final syllable.

    Segolate

  • Known for his extremely guttural vocals, Rahmer is the co-founder of New York Death Militia and the founder of Redrum Records.

    Will Rahmer

  • Along with Death's demo Infernal Death, Reign of Terror "influenced the Death metal scene tremendously", as "their low and guttural nature would become the staple of the genre".

    Reign of Terror (demo)

  • The condition guttural pouch tympany affects several breeds, including the Arabian horse.

    Guttural pouch

  • The guttural pouch is also the site of infection in equine strangles.

    Guttural pouch

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.