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Definition of pharyngeal noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

pharyngeal

noun

NAmE//fəˈrɪndʒəl//

, NAmE//fəˈrɪndʒiəl//

, NAmE//ˌfærənˈdʒiəl//

(also pharyngeal consonant) (phonetics)

a speech sound produced by the root of the tongue using the pharynx

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