Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glottal

/ˈɡlɑ.təl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.17 in modern English

Syllables: glot-tal
IPA: /ˈɡlɑ.təl/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the glottis.

adj

Articulated with the glottis.

noun

A sound made with the glottis

Example Sentences

"Her Malay was the Malay of the Staate of Lanchap [...] and she spoke it fierily, with crisp glottal checks, with much bubbling reduplication."
"Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in SSBE it happens only at the end of words."

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin glōttisbor. English glottis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English glottal From glottis + -al.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡlɑ.təl/
British English: /ˈɡlɒt.əl/

Inflected Forms

glottals (plural)

Derived Forms

glottalic glottalise glottality glottalization glottalize glottalling infraglottal intraglottal nonglottal periglottal pharyngoglottal subglottal

Phrases

glottal catch glottal fry glottal stop glottal-stopped

Synonyms

glottic glottidean

Rhymes With

bottle throttle wattle cottle pottle motl hottle hottel ship in a bottle aristotle what'll mottle

Questions

How do you pronounce glottal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡlɑ.təl/.
What does glottal mean?: Of or relating to the glottis.
Where does glottal come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin glōttisbor. English glottis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English glottal From glottis + -al.

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