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gutturalize

American  
[guht-er-uh-lahyz] / ˈgʌt ər əˌlaɪz /
especially British, gutteralise

verb (used with object)

gutturalized, gutturalizing
  1. to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.

  2. Phonetics. to change into, pronounce as, or supplement with a guttural or gutturalized sound.


verb (used without object)

gutturalized, gutturalizing
  1. to speak gutturally.

gutturalize British  
/ ˈɡʌtərəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) phonetics to change into a guttural speech sound or pronounce with guttural articulation or pharyngeal constriction

  2. to speak or utter in harsh raucous tones

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of gutturalize

First recorded in 1815–25; guttural + -ize

Example Sentences

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Kluge accepts gutturalizing of a palatal c before a consonant where this position is the result of syncopation of a palatal vowel.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

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