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Italian
Etymology
From glottide, from New Latin glottis, from Ancient Greek γλωττίς (glōttís), derived from γλῶττα (glôtta), variant of γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). By surface analysis, glottid(e) (“glottis”) + -ale (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlot.tiˈda.le/
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: glot‧ti‧dà‧le
Adjective
glottidale (plural glottidali)
- (anatomy) pertaining to the glottis, glottal
- (phonetics) glottal
Noun
glottidale f (plural glottidali)
- (phonetics) a glottal speech sound
- Synonym: (rare) glottale
Derived terms