glottal

English

Etymology

glottis + -al

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɒt.l̩/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑ.tl̩/, [ˈɡlɑ.ɾl̩]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔt.l̩/, [ˈɡlɔɾ.l̩]
  • Rhymes: -ɒtəl
  • Hyphenation: glot‧tal

Adjective

glottal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the glottis.
  2. (phonetics) Articulated with the glottis.
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 256:
      Her Malay was the Malay of the Staate of Lanchap [...] and she spoke it fierily, with crisp glottal checks, with much bubbling reduplication.

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Translations

Noun

glottal (plural glottals)

  1. (linguistics) A sound made with the glottis

French

Etymology

Derived from glott(e) (glottis) + -al (-al, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlɔ.tal/

Adjective

glottal (feminine glottale, masculine plural glottaux, feminine plural glottales)

  1. (anatomy, relational) glottis; Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  2. (phonetics) articulated with the glottis, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlɔˈtaːl/
  • Hyphenation: glot‧tal
  • (file)

Adjective

glottal (strong nominative masculine singular glottaler, not comparable)

  1. glottal

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • glottal” in Duden online
  • glottal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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