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Definition of Guttural consonant
1. Noun. A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat.
Generic synonyms: Consonant
Derivative terms: Guttural
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guttural Consonant
Literary usage of Guttural consonant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The "Standard-alphebet" Problem Or the Preliminary Subject of a General by Robert Moffat (1864)
"... vocalised form of the guttural consonant j^ (his guttural /ortis-fricative);
but again, the former linguist calls the simple breathing £ the vocalised ..."
2. On the Khorsabad Inscriptions by Edward Hincks (1850)
"Yet the alleged fact may admit of question. The termination of the passive voice
in a guttural consonant is one of these supposed proofs of ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... the nasalized vowels by the nearest sounds in English, making the Fr. on a
nasalized vowel (o), into Eng. ong, a vowel followed by a guttural consonant. ..."
4. Studies in the word-play in Plautus. by Charles Jastrow Mendelsohn, University of Pennsylvania (1903)
"... the palatal quality of the vowel in distinction from the preceding guttural
consonant caused it to assume ..."
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