laryngeal

American  

[luh-rin-jee-uhl, lar-uhn-jee-uhl] / ləˈrɪn dʒi əl, ˌlær ənˈdʒi əl /

Also laryngal

adjective

1. of, relating to, or located in the larynx.

2. Phonetics. articulated in the larynx.

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noun

1. Phonetics. a laryngeal sound.

2. Historical Linguistics. one of several hypothetical phonemes assumed to have existed in Proto-Indo-European and to have been lost in most later Indo-European languages after having modified some contiguous consonants and vowels.

laryngeal British  

/ ˌlærɪnˈdʒiːəl, ləˈrɪŋɡəl, ləˈrɪndʒɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the larynx

2. phonetics articulated at the larynx; glottal

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Other Word Forms

• postlaryngal
  adjective
• postlaryngeal
  adjective
• sublaryngal
  adjective
• sublaryngeal
  adjective
• superlaryngeal
  adjective
• laryngeally
  adverb
• sublaryngeally
  adverb
• superlaryngeally
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of laryngeal

1785–95; < New Latin larynge ( us ) of, pertaining to the larynx ( see laryng-, -eous) + -al ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

laryngeal

Our disorder is categorized as a kind of laryngeal dystonia, but there are many kinds of dystonia.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

Their findings showed that the high frequency element is produced by a laryngeal whistle.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026

Wheezy if, God forbid, the pop star has been stricken with a laryngeal malady?

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2025

The 54-year-old revealed his diagnosis with stage one laryngeal cancer in September, after listeners noticed a change in his voice.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025

The little patient was a girl of about four years of age, who on the fifth or sixth day of a severe laryngeal diphtheria developed symptoms of laryngeal stenosis, with great dyspnoea.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

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