laryngal, a.
(ləˈrɪŋgəl)
[f. mod.L. laryng- larynx + -al1.]
Produced in the larynx. Also absol.
| 1818–60 Whately Commpl. Bk. (1864) 168, B, D, &c. are sounded in the larynx..so that they might be called..the laryngal..letters. 1883 Scotsman 9 May 6/4 That the only service of praise acceptable to the Deity consists in human laryngal sounds. 1922 D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonetics (ed. 2) vi. 14 Glottal or laryngal sounds, viz. sounds articulated in the glottis. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vii. 99 A glottal or laryngal stop is produced by bringing the vocal chords tightly together and then letting them spring apart under the pressure of the breath. 1939 L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. iii. 49 Two other glottal (or laryngal) sounds of importance are represented by the h's of English how, ahoy.., unvoiced and voiced respectively. 1958 Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. (ed. 4) 6 It [sc. Hittite] has ‘laryngeal’ sounds—not identical with the Semitic ‘laryngals’. |