glottis

See also: Glottis

English

Etymology

Late 16th century borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís, “mouth of the windpipe”), from γλῶττᾰ (glôtta, “tongue”) +‎ -ῐς (-is, feminine noun suffix). Cognates include Latin gula.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɒt.ɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑt.ɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪs

Noun

glottis (plural glottises or glottides)

1. (anatomy) The opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.

Derived terms

• diglottism
• epiglottis
• glottal
• glottic
• glotto-, glott-
• subglottis
• supraglottis

 

Related terms

• glottalise, glottalize
• -glot
• proglottis

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)

• Hebrew: סדק הקול‎ m (sédek hakól)
• Hungarian: hangrés (hu), hangszalagrés
• Ido: gloto (io)
• Italian: glottide (it) f

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

  Northern Kurdish: zengîlok f

• Polish: głośnia (pl) 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)

References

• “glottis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “glottis”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

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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

Borrowing from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís, “mouth of the windpipe; corncrake”), from γλῶττᾰ (glôtta, “tongue”) +‎ -ῐς (-is, feminine noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloːt.tis/, [ˈɡɫ̪oːt̪ːɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlot.tis/, [ˈɡlɔt̪ːis]

Noun

glōttis f (genitive glōttidis); third declension

1. a little bird
2. (New Latin, anatomy) the glottis

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glōttis	glōttidēs
Genitive	glōttidis	glōttidum
Dative	glōttidī	glōttidibus
Accusative	glōttidem	glōttidēs
Ablative	glōttide	glōttidibus
Vocative	glōttis	glōttidēs

Related terms

• hypoglōttion

Descendants

Descendants of glōttis in other languages

• → English: glottis
• → French: glotte
• → Italian: glottide

References

• “glottis”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• glottis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette