different between glottis vs glottal

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

glottis +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l?t.l?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?t.l?/
• Rhymes: -?t?l
• Hyphenation: glot?tal

Adjective

glottal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the glottis.
2. (phonetics) Articulated with the glottis.

Synonyms

• glottic
• glottidean

Derived terms

Translations

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

• IPA^(key): /?l?.tal/

Adjective

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

1. (anatomy) pertaining to the glottis, glottal
2. (phonetics) articulated with the glottis, glottal

Related terms

• supraglottal
• épiglottal

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??ta?l/
• Hyphenation: glot?tal

Adjective

glottal (not comparable)

1. glottal

Declension

Derived terms

• Glottal

Further reading

• “glottal” in Duden online