laryngealizing
laryngealizing is the present participle and gerund of laryngealize.
Meaning of laryngealize
Verb
laryngealize (third-person singular simple present laryngealizes, present participle laryngealizing, simple past and past participle laryngealized)
- To articulate as a laryngeal sound, to produce (a sound) through or with action of the larynx.
- To modify (a pronunciation or a sound) by constricting the larynx.
- But creaky or laryngealized quality throughout whole stretches of very low-pitched speech characterize boredom, reluctance [etc.] Children typically laryngealize their voice for coaxing adults.1993, Fernando Poyatos, Paralanguage, page 209
Questions about laryngealizing
- What is laryngealizing the present participle and gerund of?
- Laryngealizing is the present participle and gerund of laryngealize.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: laryngealizing (page history and authors); laryngealize (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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