glottal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɒt.l̩/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑ.tl̩/, [ˈɡlɑ.t̬l̩]
- Rhymes: -ɒtəl
- Hyphenation: glot‧tal
Adjective[edit]
glottal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the glottis.
- (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.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of or relating to the glottis
articulated with the glottis
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Noun[edit]
glottal (plural glottals)
- (linguistics) A sound made with the glottis
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from glott(e) (“glottis”) + -al (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
glottal (feminine glottale, masculine plural glottaux, feminine plural glottales)
- (anatomy, relational) glottis; glottal
- (phonetics) articulated with the glottis, glottal
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “glottal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
glottal (strong nominative masculine singular glottaler, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of glottal (uncomparable)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
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