guttural

1. 1.

   like the sounds of frogs and crows

   “a guttural voice”

   “acres of guttural frogs”

   Synonymscroaky

   Similarcacophonous
2. 2.

   relating to or articulated in the throat

   “the glottal stop and uvular `r' and `ch' in German `Bach' are guttural sounds”

1. 1.

   a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat

   Synonymsguttural consonantpharyngealpharyngeal consonant

   Broaderconsonant

Other forms of guttural

plural

gutturals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about guttural

What does guttural mean?

guttural means "like the sounds of frogs and crows". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in guttural?

guttural has 3 syllables: gut-tu-ral. The stress falls on "gut". In IPA it is /ˈɡʌtɚəl/.

What is another word for guttural?

Close synonyms include croaky, guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is guttural a common word?

guttural is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.