different between glottis vs epiglottis

English

Etymology

From New Latin glottis, from Ancient Greek ??????? (gl?ttís), ??????? (gl?ssís), derived from ?????? (glôtta), ?????? (glôssa). Cognates include Latin gula.

Noun

glottis (plural glottises or glottides)

1. (anatomy) The opening between the true vocal cords, located in the larynx.

Derived terms

• epiglottis
• subglottis
• supraglottis

Related terms

• glottal
• glottalisation, glottalization
• glottalise, glottalize
• glottalised, glottalized
• -glot

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on the glottis

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lot?is/, [??lo?t??is?]
• Rhymes: -ot?is
• Syllabification: glot?tis

Noun

glottis

1. (anatomy) glottis

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (gl?ttís) derived from ?????? (glôtta), variant of ?????? (glôssa, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??lo?t.tis/, [????o?t???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??lot.tis/, [??l?t??is]

Noun

gl?ttis f (genitive gl?ttidis); third declension

1. (New Latin, anatomy) glottis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: glottis
• Italian: glottide

References

• glottis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• glottis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin epigl?ttis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p.???l?t.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p.???l?t.?s/

Noun

epiglottis (plural epiglottises or epiglottides)

1. (anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.

Derived terms

Related terms

• glottis

Translations

References

• “epiglottis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “epiglottis”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

See also

• epiglottis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• pig toilets

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?epi?lot?is/, [?e?pi??lo?t??is?]
• Rhymes: -ot?is
• Syllabification: e?pig?lot?tis

Noun

epiglottis

1. epiglottis

Declension

Synonyms

• kurkunkansi

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (epigl?ttís, “the valve which covers the larynx”), from ???- (epi-, “upon, over”) +? ???????? (gl?ttís, “glottis, mouth of the windpipe”).

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.pi??lot.tis/, [?pi??l?t??is]

Noun

epigl?ttis f (genitive epigl?ttidis); third declension (Late Latin)

1. (anatomy) The epiglottis.

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: epiglottis
• ? Italian: epiglottide