Laryngeal

Quick meaning: Laryngeal is an adjective meaning (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (anatomy) An anatomical part (such as a nerve or artery) that supplies or is associated with the larynx.
2. (phonetics) A sound uttered by using the larynx.
3. (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."
4. (Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩ and ⟨h₃⟩.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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.

Word Forms

• laryngal
• laryngeals

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include laryngal, laryngic, glottal, glottic, vocal, laryngean.

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