faucal
(adjective) of or relating to the fauces
Source: WordNet® 3.1
faucal (not comparable)
Relating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.
faucal (plural faucals)
(phonetics) A sound produced in the fauces.
• I. Taylor, The Alphabet
Both faucal and faucial are used and accepted. Faucial is generally used in medicine; faucal more often in phonetics. Faucal seems to have more etymological validity with respect to both the Latin and English roots. The Latin root is faux. Latin nouns in -ux retain no affix in combination with -alis; the proper Latin construction is faucalis, compare: Latin vocalis/English vocal, Latin ducalis/English ducal.
• facula
Source: Wiktionary
Fau"cal, a. Etym: [L. fauces throat.]
Definition: Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages. Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
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