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Definition of pharyngeal noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pharyngeal

noun
 
/fəˈrɪndʒiəl/,
 
/ˌfærɪnˈdʒiːəl/
 
/fəˈrɪndʒiəl/,
 
/ˌfærɪnˈdʒiːəl/
(also pharyngeal consonant)
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  1. a speech sound produced by the root of the tongue using the pharynx
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from modern Latin pharyngeus (from Greek pharunx, pharung- ‘throat’) + -al.
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