laryngeal

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/ / /ləˈɹɪn.ʒi.əl/ / /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)bor. New Latin larynx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos New Latin -eus New Latin laryngeus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English laryngeal Derived from New Latin laryngeus + -al, from larynx (“larynx”) + -eus (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, laryng- + -al or -ial.

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.”
(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

An anatomical part (such as a nerve or artery) that supplies or is associated with the larynx.
A sound uttered by using the larynx.
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[…]”
“[…]it is not only different from Buck's in the linguistics (laryngeals have seen to that); it is very different in scope and aim.”