pharyngeal

• pharyngal

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/, /fəˈɹɪn.ʒi.əl/, /ˌfa.ɹɪnˈd͡ʒiː.əl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/, /ˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/, /fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/, /fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒiəl, -ɪnʒiəl, -iːəl, -ɪndʒəl

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pharyngeal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pharynx.
2. (phonetics) 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.

• → New Latin: pharyngeālis

pharyngeal (plural pharyngeals)

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

• “pharyngeal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “pharyngeal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.