pharyngeal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to the pharynx.
Articulated with the pharynx; a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant.

noun

Ellipsis of pharyngeal consonant (“a sound that is articulated with the pharynx”).

Pronunciation

/fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/ /fəˈɹɪn.ʒi.əl/ /ˌfa.ɹɪnˈd͡ʒiː.əl/ /ˌfɛɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/ /ˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/ /fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pharyngeal.wav

Word forms

pharyngeal pharyngal pharyngeals

Etymology

From Late Latin pharyngeus + -al, from pharynx (“the pharynx”) + -eus (adjectival suffix).

Derived words

aquapharyngeal ascending pharyngeal artery basipharyngeal buccopharyngeal cardiopharyngeal cephalopharyngeal chondropharyngeal circumpharyngeal craniopharyngeal cricopharyngeal cytopharyngeal epiglottopharyngeal epipharyngeal esophagopharyngeal extrapharyngeal glossopharyngeal hypopharyngeal inferior pharyngeal constrictor infrapharyngeal intrapharyngeal labiopharyngeal laryngopharyngeal maxillopharyngeal mesopharyngeal middle pharyngeal constrictor nasopharyngeal neopharyngeal nonpharyngeal oculopharyngeal oropharyngeal palatopharyngeal parapharyngeal peripharyngeal pharyngeal arch pharyngeal basket pharyngeal bone pharyngeal constrictor pharyngeal gland pharyngealization pharyngealize pharyngeal jaw pharyngeal jaws pharyngeally pharyngeal plexus pharyngeal reflex pharyngeal tonsil pharyngeal tooth pharyngeal tubercle polypharyngeal postpharyngeal prepharyngeal retropharyngeal rhinopharyngeal salpingopharyngeal stylopharyngeal subpharyngeal superior pharyngeal constrictor thyropharyngeal tonsillopharyngeal tracheopharyngeal

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