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glottalic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glot-tal-ic
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Related to or produced via complete closure of the glottis.

Etymology

From glottal + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more glottalic (comparative) most glottalic (superlative)

Derived Forms

glottalically

Phrases

glottalic airstream

Frequently Paired Words

pulmonic velaric

Questions

What does glottalic mean?
Related to or produced via complete closure of the glottis.
Where does glottalic come from?
From glottal + -ic.

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