Feminine
Meaning
- (feminine) throat (posterior region of the oral cavity)
- (feminine) throat (anterior-superior part of the neck)
- (feminine) canyon, narrow (narrow passage between mountains)
- (feminine, figuratively) voice
- (feminine, figuratively) verbiage
- (feminine, figuratively) boast
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaʁˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese garganta; from a substrate language [Term?] (“throat”), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Alternatively, onomatopoeic.
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