/ Dictionary / Index L laryngeal: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: la•ryn•ge•al Pronunciation: (lu-rin'jē-ul, lar"un-jē'ul), [key] — adj. of, pertaining to, or located in the larynx. articulated in the larynx. —n. a laryngeal sound. one of several hypothetical phonemes assumed to have existed in Proto-Indo-European and to have been lost in most later Indo-European languages after having modified some contiguous consonants and vowels. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: laryngeal (Thesaurus) laryng- laryngealize Related Content Daily Word Quiz: arboreal Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language