guttural

American  

[guht-er-uhl] / ˈgʌt ər əl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the throat.

2. harsh; throaty.

3. Phonetics. pertaining to or characterized by a sound articulated in the back of the mouth, as the non-English velar fricative sound

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noun

1. a guttural sound.

guttural British  

/ ˈɡʌtərəl /

adjective

1. anatomy of or relating to the throat

2. phonetics pronounced in the throat or the back of the mouth; velar or uvular

3. raucous

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noun

1. phonetics a guttural consonant

Other Word Forms

• gutturalism noun
• gutturality noun
• gutturally adverb
• gutturalness noun
• nonguttural adjective
• nongutturally adverb
• nongutturalness noun
• unguttural adjective
• ungutturally adverb
• ungutturalness noun

Etymology

Origin of guttural

1585–95; < New Latin gutturālis of the throat, equivalent to Latin guttur gullet, throat + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

“Edda,” he says, and my name breaks in his mouth; it comes out guttural and raw.

From Literature

Ibrox contorted itself as the goalkeeper performed heroics and then the place let out a guttural groan as Hatate made it third time lucky.

From BBC

The scene ends with Lindo breaking into a guttural humming and drumming, expressing pain that transcends words.

From Los Angeles Times

All the creature’s unease had vanished: he gave a guttural burr in his throat, a turbine of delight.

From Literature

"It was the guttural voices of the keeners, there's only three recordings and all three are just so poignant and they're so different," she said.

From BBC