guttural : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: guttural	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for guttural
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guttural adj like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice"; "acres of guttural frogs" Synonym(s): croaky, guttural relating to or articulated in the throat; "the glottal stop and uvular `r' and `ch' in German `Bach' are guttural sounds" n a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat Synonym(s): guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guttural \Gut"tural\, a. [L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.] Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat. Children are occasionally born with guttural* swellings. --W. Guthrie. In such a sweet, guttural accent. --Landor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guttural \Gut"tur*al\, n. A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound.