HOW TO PRONOUNCE
larynx
/ˈlɛɹ.ɪŋks/
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LAIR-inks: hear the ng sound before the final k.
In LAIR-inks, the first vowel is the one in “air.” Finish with ng, k, and s in sequence, without adding a vowel after the cluster.
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“The model showed the position of the larynx.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does larynx mean?
noun
- A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.
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/ˈlɛɹ.ɪŋks/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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His spare, dry figure, his prominent larynx, and the peculiar red of his face and hands belonged to the choreboy he had never outgrown.
This utterance was very shaky by nature, and more so by circumstance, the jolting of the waggon not being without its effect upon the speaker’s larynx.
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A portion of her words was lost in the transit from her larynx to her lips, as though on a piano where some notes are missing.
The anterior group, the nostrils, nasal cavities, pharynx, larynx and trachea, is situated in the region of the head and neck.
Cohen claims that in some cases of supposed laryngeal spasm the tongue is swallowed, occluding the larynx, and sometimes with fatal consequences.