Adjective: guttural gú-tu-rul
- Relating to or articulated in the throat
"the glottal stop and uvular ‘r’ and ‘ch’ in German ‘Bach’ are guttural sounds"
- Like the sounds of frogs and crows
"acres of guttural frogs"; "a guttural voice";
- croaky
- A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
"The 'ch' sound in the Scottish word 'loch' is a guttural consonant";
- guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant
Derived forms: gutturals
See also: cacophonic, cacophonous
Type of: consonant
Encyclopedia: Guttural