Phonetics (of a speech sound) made in the larynx with only the front part of the vocal cords vibrating, giving a very low frequency and producing what is known as ‘creaky voice’:laryngeal consonants
Origin:
late 18th century: from modern Latin laryngeus 'relating to the larynx' + -al
laryngeal in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of laryngeal in the US English dictionary
