laryngeal
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx.Examples: "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."not-comparablerelational
2. (phonetics, relational) (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."not-comparablerelational
noun (English)
1. (anatomy) An anatomical part (such as a nerve or artery) that supplies or is associated with the larynx.
2. (phonetics) A sound uttered by using the larynx.
3. (Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩ and ⟨h₃⟩.Examples: "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."; "Finally, it should be noted that laryngeals not adjacent to syllabics were apparently deleted by three different rules."
Definition source: Wiktionary