GUTTURAL CONSONANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guttural consonant mean? 

• GUTTURAL CONSONANT (noun)
  The noun GUTTURAL CONSONANT has 1 sense:

1. a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat

  Familiarity information: GUTTURAL CONSONANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUTTURAL CONSONANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

guttural; guttural consonant; pharyngeal; pharyngeal consonant

Hypernyms ("guttural consonant" is a kind of...):

consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)