different between scratchy vs guttural

English

Etymology

scratch +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?æt?i/

  Rhymes: -æt?i

Adjective

scratchy (comparative scratchier, superlative scratchiest)

1. Characterized by scratches.

   • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

2. (chiefly of a sore throat) Annoying, irritating, itchy.
3. (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.

4. (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
   • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

     Once he almost fell asleep, and then the little record player started up in his mother and father's bedroom. Mom was playing her scratchy Elvis 45s again.

English

Etymology

From Middle French guttural, from New Latin guttur?lis, from Latin guttur (“throat”) + -?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t???l/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [???????]
• Rhymes: -?t???l

Adjective

guttural (comparative more guttural, superlative most guttural)

1. Sounding harsh and throaty.
2. (phonetics) Articulated at the back of the mouth.
3. (medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.

Translations

Noun

guttural (plural gutturals)

1. A harsh and throaty spoken sound

Translations

French

Etymology

From New Latin guttur?lis.

Adjective

guttural (feminine singular gutturale, masculine plural gutturaux, feminine plural gutturales)

1. guttural (of a consonant)
2. guttural (relating to the throat)

Further reading

• “guttural” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??tu??a?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

guttural (comparative gutturaler, superlative am gutturalsten)

1. guttural

Declension