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laryngeal

/ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/US/ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/

laryngeal adjective: of or pertaining to the larynx.

Adjective

laryngeal (not comparable)

  1. (relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx.
    • 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.1871, S. G. Cook, “A Case of Hydrophobia”, in William A. Hammond, editor, The Journal of Psychological Medicine: Diseases of the Nervous System, Medical Jurisprudence and Anthropology, volume 5, page...
  2. (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."

Noun

laryngeal (plural laryngeals)

  1. An anatomical part (such as a nerve or artery) that supplies or is associated with the larynx.
  2. A sound uttered by using the larynx.
  3. (Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩ and ⟨h₃⟩.
    • The vowel-coloring effects of the IH laryngeals cannot be considered apart from the vowel-reducing effect of the IH stress accent[…]1940, J. Alexander Kerns, Benjamin Schwartz, “The Laryngeal Hypothesis and Indo-Hittite, Indo-European Vocalism”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 60, number 2, →DOI, page 183
    • […]it is not only different from Buck's in the linguistics (laryngeals have seen to that); it is very different in scope and aim.1995, Andrew L. Sihler, New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page viii

laryngeal meaning in Tamil

laryngeal in Tamil

தொண்டைச் சிரை, மிடற்று, குரல்வளைக்குரிய

Forms of laryngeal

Adjective
alternative formlaryngal
Noun
plurallaryngeals

Origin of laryngeal

Derived from New Latin laryngeus + -al, from larynx (“larynx”) + -eus (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, laryng- + -al or -ial.

Words formed from laryngeal

Phrases with laryngeal

2 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with laryngeal

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about laryngeal

What does laryngeal mean?
Laryngeal means of or pertaining to the larynx.
What is laryngeal in Tamil?
Laryngeal in Tamil is தொண்டைச் சிரை, மிடற்று, குரல்வளைக்குரிய. See Laryngeal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is laryngeal?
Laryngeal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce laryngeal?
Laryngeal is pronounced /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/ (UK).

Words near laryngeal in the dictionary

  1. Lary
  2. laryng-
  3. laryngal
  4. laryngalgia
  5. laryngals
  6. laryngeal
  7. laryngeal arteries
  8. laryngeal artery
  9. laryngeal nerve
  10. laryngeal nerves
  11. laryngeal pouch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laryngeal (page history and authors); laryngeal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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