glotal

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ɡluˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ɡloˈtal]

Adjective

glotal m or f (masculine and feminine plural glotals)

1. (anatomy) glottal (relating to the glottis)
2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) glottal (articulated on the glottis)

Related terms

• glotis

Further reading

• “glotal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “glotal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “glotal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡloˈtaw/ [ɡloˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈtal/ [ɡluˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈtal/ [ɡluˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈta.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: glo‧tal

Adjective

glotal m or f (plural glotais)

1. (anatomy) glottal (relating to the glottis)
2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) glottal (articulated on the glottis)

Noun

glotal f (plural glotais)

1. (phonetics) glottal (a consonant articulated on the glottis)

Related terms

• glote

Further reading

• “glotal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “glotal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French glottal.

Adjective

glotal m or n (feminine singular glotală, masculine plural glotali, feminine/neuter plural glotale)

1. glottal

Declension

Declension of glotal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	glotal		glotală	glotali	glotale
	definite	glotalul		glotala	glotalii	glotalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	glotal		glotale	glotali	glotale
	definite	glotalului		glotalei	glotalilor	glotalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloˈtal/ [ɡloˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: glo‧tal

Adjective

glotal m or f (masculine and feminine plural glotales)

1. glottal

Derived terms

• oclusiva glotal

Related terms

• glotis

Further reading

• “glotal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin glōttis +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlʊˈtɑːl/

Adjective

glotal (not comparable)

1. of or pertaining to the glottis
2. (phonology, phonetics) glottal

Declension

Inflection of glotal

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	glotal	—	—
neuter singular	glotalt	—	—
plural	glotala	—	—
masculine plural2	glotale	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	glotale	—	—
all	glotala	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• “glotal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “glotal”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “glotal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)