glottis

See also: Glottis

English

Etymology

From New Latin glottis, from Ancient Greek γλῶττίς (glôttís), γλῶσσίς (glôssís), derived from γλῶττα (glôtta), γλῶσσα (glôssa). Cognates include Latin gula.

Noun

glottis (plural glottises or glottides)

1. (anatomy) The opening between the true vocal cords, located in the larynx.

Related terms

• glottal
• glottalisation, glottalization
• glottalise, glottalize
• glattalised, glottalized
• -glot

Derived terms

• epiglottis
• subglottis
• supraglottis

Translations

organ of speech

• Catalan: glotis f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 聲門, 声门 (seng¹ mun⁴)

  Mandarin: 聲門 (zh), 声门 (zh) (shēngmén)

  Min Nan: 聲門, 声门 (siaⁿ-mn̂g)

• Finnish: äänirako
• French: glotte (fr) f
• Galician: glote f
• German: Glottis (de) m
• Ido: gloto (io)

• Italian: glottide (it) f
• Japanese: 声門 (せいもん, seimon)
• Korean: 성문 (seongmun) (聲門)
• Polish: głośnia f
• Portuguese: glote (pt) f
• Russian: гло́тка (ru) f (glótka)
• Spanish: glotis (es) f
• Tagalog: pasadila
• Vietnamese: thanh môn (聲門)

See also

• Wikipedia article on the glottis

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γλῶττίς (glôttís) derived from γλῶττα (glôtta), variant of γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloːt.tis/, [ˈɡɫoːt.tɪs]

Noun

glōttis f (genitive glōttidis); third declension

1. (New Latin, anatomy) glottis

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	glōttis	glōttidēs
genitive	glōttidis	glōttidum
dative	glōttidī	glōttidibus
accusative	glōttidem	glōttidēs
ablative	glōttide	glōttidibus
vocative	glōttis	glōttidēs

Descendants

• English: glottis
• Italian: glottide

References

• glottis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “glottis” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)