Laryngeal Definition

lə-rĭnjē-əl, -jəl, lărən-jēəl
adjective
Of, in, or near the larynx.
Webster's New World
Used for treating the larynx.
Webster's New World
Articulated in, or by constriction of, the larynx.
Webster's New World
noun
A laryngeal sound.
Webster's New World
Any of a set of h -like sounds reconstructed for early Proto-Indo-European and partially preserved in Anatolian.
American Heritage

(Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as <h₁>, <h₂> and <h₃>.

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Other Word Forms of Laryngeal

Noun

Singular:
laryngeal
Plural:
laryngeals

Origin of Laryngeal

  • From New Latin laryngeus from Greek larunx larung- larynx

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From modern Latin laryngeus, from larynx.

    From Wiktionary

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