Meaning

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx..

Definitions by Sense

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx.
2. (phonetics, relational) (of a speech sound) Made by or with constriction of the larynx with only the front part of the vocal cords vibrating, giving a very low frequency and producing what is known as "creaky voice."
3. (anatomy) An anatomical part (such as a nerve or artery) that supplies or is associated with the larynx.
4. (phonetics) A sound uttered by using the larynx.
5. (Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩ and ⟨h₃⟩.

Example Sentences

At sight of it there commenced a series of laryngeal spasms, with clutchings at his throat, far more violent than any I had heretofore seen.

The vowel-coloring effects of the IH laryngeals cannot be considered apart from the vowel-reducing effect of the IH stress accent[…]

[…]it is not only different from Buck's in the linguistics (laryngeals have seen to that); it is very different in scope and aim.

Finally, it should be noted that laryngeals not adjacent to syllabics were apparently deleted by three different rules.

Word Forms

• laryngal
• laryngeals

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