noun
- Plural of faucal; consonant sounds produced in the throat or back of the mouth, involving the fauces (the passage from the mouth to the pharynx).
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- In phonetics, faucals are consonants articulated at or near the fauces.
- The linguist classified certain sounds as faucals based on their place of articulation.
- Some languages make greater use of faucals than others in their phonetic inventory.
- Faucals differ from labial and dental consonants in their production location.