glottal

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English

Etymology

From glottis +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

glottal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the glottis.
  2. (phonetics) Articulated with the glottis.
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 256:
      Her Malay was the Malay of the Staate of Lanchap [...] and she spoke it fierily, with crisp glottal checks, with much bubbling reduplication.

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Noun

glottal (plural glottals)

  1. (linguistics) A sound made with the glottis

French

Etymology

Derived from glott(e) (glottis) +‎ -al (-al, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

glottal (feminine glottale, masculine plural glottaux, feminine plural glottales)

  1. (anatomy, relational) glottis; glottal
  2. (phonetics) articulated with the glottis, glottal

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German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glottalis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlɔˈtaːl/, ,
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  • Hyphenation: glot‧tal

Adjective

glottal (strong nominative masculine singular glottaler, not comparable)

  1. glottal
    Synonyms: Stimmritzen-, (linguistics also) Kehlkopf-

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Further reading

  • glottal” in Duden online
  • glottal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache