glottis

See also: Glottis

English

Etymology

From New Latin glottis, from Ancient Greek γλωττίς (glōttís), γλωσσίς (glōssís), 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.

Derived terms

• epiglottis
• subglottis
• supraglottis

Related terms

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

Translations

organ of speech

• Catalan: glotis (ca) 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 (fi)
• French: glotte (fr) f
• Galician: glote f
• German: Glottis (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: γλωσσίς f (glōssís)

• Ido: gloto (io)
• Italian: glottide (it) f

• Japanese: 声門 (せいもん, seimon)
• Korean: 성문 (seongmun) (聲門)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: zengîlok (ku) f

• Polish: głośnia f
• Portuguese: glote (pt) f
• Romanian: glotă (ro) f
• Russian: гло́тка (ru) f (glótka)
• Spanish: glotis (es) f
• Tagalog: pasadila
• Thai: ช่องเส้นเสียง, ชุดสายเสียง
• Tzotzil: tsʼuk
• Vietnamese: thanh môn (聲門)

See also

• Wikipedia article on the glottis

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlotːis/, [ˈɡlo̞t̪ːis̠]
• Rhymes: -otːis
• Syllabification: glot‧tis

Noun

glottis

1. (anatomy) glottis

Declension

Inflection of glottis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		glottis	glottikset
genitive		glottiksen	glottisten glottiksien
partitive		glottista	glottiksia
illative		glottikseen	glottiksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		glottis	glottikset
accusative	nom.	glottis	glottikset
	gen.	glottiksen
genitive		glottiksen	glottisten glottiksien
partitive		glottista	glottiksia
inessive		glottiksessa	glottiksissa
elative		glottiksesta	glottiksista
illative		glottikseen	glottiksiin
adessive		glottiksella	glottiksilla
ablative		glottikselta	glottiksilta
allative		glottikselle	glottiksille
essive		glottiksena	glottiksina
translative		glottikseksi	glottiksiksi
instructive		—	glottiksin
abessive		glottiksetta	glottiksitta
comitative		—	glottiksineen

Possessive forms of glottis (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	glottikseni	glottiksemme
2nd person	glottiksesi	glottiksenne
3rd person	glottiksensa

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloːt.tis/, [ˈɡɫ̪oːt̪.t̪ɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlot.tis/, [ˈɡlɔt̪.t̪is]

Noun

glōttis f (genitive glōttidis); third declension

1. (New Latin, anatomy) glottis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette