different between guttural vs cracked

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?ækt/

Adjective

cracked (comparative more cracked, superlative most cracked)

1. Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.

   Synonym: crazed

2. Broken into coarse pieces.
3. (of a voice) Harsh or dissonant.

   Synonyms: discordant, dissonant, harsh, inharmonious, raspy, rough

4. (slang) Crazy; crackpot.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insane

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

cracked

1. simple past tense and past participle of crack