Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epiglottal

/ɛpɪˈɡlɑtəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epiglot-tal
IPA: /ɛpɪˈɡlɑtəl/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the epiglottis.

adj

Produced using the epiglottis.

noun

An epiglottal consonant.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek -ις (-is) Ancient Greek γλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin epiglōttislbor. English epiglottis English -al English epiglottal From epiglottis + -al.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɛpɪˈɡlɑtəl/
British English: /ɛpɪˈɡlɒtəl/

Inflected Forms

epiglottals (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce epiglottal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛpɪˈɡlɑtəl/.
What does epiglottal mean?: Pertaining to the epiglottis.
Where does epiglottal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek -ις (-is) Ancient Greek γλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin epiglōttislbor. English epiglottis English -al English epiglottal From epiglottis + -al.

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