Pharyngeal sounds are made in the pharynx.
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Pharyngeal
//fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl//
Synonyms for "pharyngeal" (129 found)
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Strong matches (39)
Related words (64)
nasalizedocclusiveopenoxytonepalatalpalatalizedparasitic vowelpeakpharyngalpharyngealizationpharyngealizedphonephonemephonemicphoneticphonicpitchpitchedplosiveposttonic
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58 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- بُلْعُومِيّ adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- حَلْقِيّ adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Catalan
2 entries- faringi adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- faringi adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 咽的 adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- 咽的 adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Czech
2 entries- faryngální adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- hltanový adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
Dutch
2 entries- faringisch adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- faringisch adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Finnish
3 entries- faryngaalinen adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
- kurkku adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
- nielu adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
French
4 entries- pharyngien adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- pharyngien adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
- pharyngé adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- pharyngé adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Galician
2 entries- farínxeo adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- farínxeo adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Georgian
2 entries- ფარინგალური adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
- ხახისმიერი adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
German
4 entries- pharyngal adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- pharyngal adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
- pharyngisch adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- pharyngisch adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Greek
2 entries- φαρυγγικός adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- φαρυγγικός adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Hebrew
2 entries- לועי adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- לועי adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Italian
2 entries- faringale adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- faringale adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Japanese
2 entries- 咽頭 adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- 咽頭音 adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Latin
4 entries- pharyngeus adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- pharyngeālis adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- pharyngicus adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- pharyngicus adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Polish
3 entries- faryngalny adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
- gardłowy adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- gardłowy adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Portuguese
4 entries- faringiano adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- faríngeo adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- faríngeo adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
- faríngico adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
Russian
4 entries- гло́точный adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- горта́нный adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
- фаринга́льный adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
- фарингеа́льный adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
Spanish
2 entries- faríngeo adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- faríngeo adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Swedish
2 entries- faryngal adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- svalg adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
Volapük
1 entries- farinik adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
Welsh
4 entries- argegol adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- argegol adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
- sefnigol adj (of or pertaining to the pharynx)
- sefnigol adj (of pharyngeal sounds)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The pharyngeal part of the throat is behind the nose and mouth.
Source: tatoeba (9849098)
The study describing how coffee consumption can reduce the risk of oral / pharyngeal cancer is published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Source: tatoeba (12302507)
The researchers — population study experts with the American Cancer Society — say the study has found that participants who drank about four cups of coffee per day reduced their risk of oral/pharyngeal cancer by 49 percent, compared to those who drank little or no coffee per day.
Source: tatoeba (12302510)
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