faucal

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adjective

Relating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.

OriginLatin fauces →
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Meanings

adjectivefaucal (not comparable)

alternative faucial

  1. not comparableRelating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.
nounfaucal (plural faucals)

plural faucals · alternative faucial

  1. human sciencesA sound produced in the fauces.

    Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals.

    1883, Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet

Origin

  1. Latinfauces“throat”
  2. Englishfaucal

Latin fauces (“throat”).

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Translations

Spanish faucal
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

facula
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APA

faucal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faucal

MLA

“faucal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faucal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “faucal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faucal.

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